The Red Chair

The Red Chair Revisited.

When the Sweetheart was in the hospital

I talked him into getting a new chair for

him and the kids and the animals to share.

They all love to sit on his lap and his old

chair just wasn't big enough to share anymore.

It is so big that he and I can both sit in it together.

I ordered it on line, and they call it " A Chair and a Half".

It is a recliner but not a rocking recliner.

It's GREAT and we all LOVE it!

The GRAND~girls can lay down together in it.

Plenty of room for 65 pound Bentley.

After a few days of being in my house

the chair got cold and got it's on blanket.

Walgrin loves the chair and sits in one corner.

Dawson lays in the other corner.

Sometimes they share it.

Even Mo, the fat cat can share it with his Sugar daddy.

I get to sit in it when they let me :)

A Great Christmas Cookie

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Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies

1 8oz. pkg. cream cheese

1/2 c. butter, softened

1 egg

1/4 tsp. vanilla

1 Red Velvet cake mix

1/2 c. powdered sugar

DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter. Stir in egg and vanilla. Add cake mix & stir until well blended.Powder sugar your hands well. Roll into 1" or 2" balls and dust balls in powdered sugar. Place 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheets (Siplast and parchment paper work well too) . Bake for 10 minutes. Leave on cookie sheet for 3 minutes or more before removing to cool on wire racks.

The original Gooey Butter Recipe, I posted here.

Hooked?

My brother sent this to me this morning and I thought it was cute.

Tis The Season, Cute

Party Time

Brunswick 1st Ward Christmas Party tonight 6:30 at the church.

33 Years Together

December 3, 1977

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Harry Griffis

For my anniversary present, he shaved and when back to a goatee!

It looks so much better.

I'll try and get a new picture this evening sometime.

Also, all I wanted was to have all 3 dogs wash by some one other than myself.

I'm easy like that.

We had them washed yesterday and they smell and look so good.

I love them again.

I love my Sweetheart even more after 33 years.

He's a keeper!

Date night tonight!

Have a great weekend yall.

Have You Heard This Before?

I just LOVE it!
I hope you do too.

This is the first year I've heard it.
Do you have any favorite Christmas songs you would like to share with me???
Give'em up!

Horton House

Isn't Jay just a precious baby boy?

Jay's mom is Kristie and Kristie's mom is my good friend Beth Newsome.

I took his pictures last Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving.

It was a beautiful Fall day with temperatures in the 80's

I took the pictures at the Horton House on Jekyll Island.

I love this place for pictures and I know yall have seen it often in my portraits.

The following is posted on a historical marker to the back of the house.

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MAJOR WILLIAM HORTON
Born in England
Came to Georgia in 1736
Died at Savannah in 1748

These are the remains of Horton's tabby house. Major Horton of Oglethorpe's Regiment, the first English resident of Jekyll Island, erected on the north end of Jekyll a two story dwelling and large barn. He cleared fields here for cultivation of crops which supplied the settlers at Frederica on St. Simons Island, a neighboring island, who would have suffered except for this assistance. Major Horton cut a road across the north end of Jekyll, running east and west, from this tabby house to the beach. This road is still known as the Horton Road.

Major Horton was a trusted officer chosen by James Oglethorpe for important missions. Upon Oglethorpe's final return to England in 1743, Major Horton succeeded him as commander of the military forces of the Colony of Georgia.

Poulain du Bignon, owner of Jekyll Island after the Revolutionary War, repaired the Horton tabby house and made it his home. As the du Bignon family grew, wooden wings were added to the house.

This is Tristan, Jay's step brother.

This is Jay with his Aunt Cathy.

I enjoyed taking their pictures on such a perfect day.

Jacob's 1st Birthday

From this to this in one year!

Notice the short hair on the 3 year old stylist :)

Jacob is her only cousin on her mom's side of the family.

He is one loved little boy!

1st Birthday Parties are the cutest.

Jacob is my DIL's only nephew.

No relation to me.

14 Months

I saw Collin at a birthday party over the weekend.

Can't believe how fast he is growing.

Thanksgiving Drama

No one burnt the turkey.

No one tried to make real pie crusts 4

times only to have them not turn out!

Solved that one long time ago by just buying

ready made pie crusts.

No the real DRAMA involved a pair of scissors!

We had the most beautiful week last week!

The weather could not have been more perfect.

Fortunately I had taken the girls on Tuesday

afternoon and taken their Christmas Pictures.

Wednesday afternoon their parents took them

to the movies to see Tangled in 3-D.

They all enjoyed it.

On Thanksgiving morning the 3 year old blond

decided she wanted to look like Punzel (Rapunzel)

after Rapunzel cut her hair.

Here she is with her Aunt Emmy

after she had already had the friend hairdresser try and fix it.

It's cute but still gaped in several places.

It will take until next year to grow out in those places.

You could hear the screams and the crying from her mother.

It was really sad.

She had to come to Thanksgiving dinner with a Santa Hat on

to cover up the damage.

The hair cutting friend didn't get back into town until late

Thanksgiving night.

I don't think the little Miss will be

cutting any ones hair anytime soon!

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope yall have a wonderful Thanksgiving day!

Yesterday

This was the view from my porch yesterday.

An absolutely beautiful fall day.

Thanksgiving day the forecast is 81* and sunny!

And did you see that awesome full moon tonight?? Perfect!

Thank you, Heavenly Father.

Thanksgiving Daily