Tis the season to be thankful

This Thanksgiving we traveled to BHam for a few days. These darlings are getting ready to take a trip to Disney but they do not know it. I brought them the snow white outfits (it was on Annie's Christmas wish list) and they just think Christmas came a little early. I am so thankful they get to go and see a real live Snow White.
This thanksgiving I have no pictures of what we ate or who we were with for certain reasons. We took Thanksgiving dinner to a Foster home for young girls. So we took a few pictures of my daughter and family before we left that morning.
The home was expecting about 13 girls to be there along with a house mother but it ended up being 4 girls, ages 14-17.
We took enough food for an army and it blessed us a lot more than it probably blessed them to fellowship and eat the meal with them. We played outside for awhile that morning and Joey played volleyball with all the girls. As we sat down to eat, Joey asked each one of us to contribute to the blessing and say something we are thankful for. There was a huge lump in my throat during that time (but I held it all together). Such sweet things were said and the girls are truly thankful for little blessings that they have even though their lives are turned upside down by not having a stable family. After lunch we all played Pictionary, even Annie and Lily Kate! It was a great way to spend this day of Thanksgiving.


Obviously we made it home to be in Auburn for the Friday Iron Bowl game and 5 minutes atfter we won, I looked at Jack and said come on we are going to Toomers! I had dressed like a slob all day, no makeup etc. but I threw on some Auburn gear and away we headed to the biggest crowd we have ever seen downtown!
It was bumper to bumper from our neighborhood to Toomers and everyone was in great spirits. This literally was my first time to participate in a rolling of Toomers instead of being a bystander.

and it really was Jack's first time to throw a roll of toilet of paper and a memorable moment for us!
We had a blast.

We were so glad to see Lauren and Corey and Greg after all the celebrating as they headed back to Atlanta from their Thanksgiving in Montgomery.
Both these two teenager grands will always be our biggest AU fans and it is really fun to be with them upon occasion such as that Iron Bowl evening!


Our next day visitors, the Scott Downes Family, also on their way back from their Montgomery Thanksgiving, brought laughter and hungry bellys to our home.
My lollipop drum is one of the first toys the grands look for and Beckett was thrilled to enjoy it outside as was I am sure my neighbors :)
Brendan is so happy he can climb on top of this play structure with no worries and I am too.
Well, you knew I could not post without some sort of lollipop pictures. Here are 2 new ones that I love.

Well, that's all folks for our big week.
It's been a great orange and blue season and a great Thanksgiving.

prayer for my grandchildren

Dear Lord,
May they climb the ladder of life seeking your guidance with your watchful hand upon them.


May they not be discouraged but encouraged to persevere along the way.
May they meet their enemies with boldness and pray for their enemies as they learn to love unconditionally through your Holy Spirit.
I pray that they enjoy laughter and fellowship as they swing in and out of the seasons of life.
May they enjoy the mountain tops as...
well as the adversities in life and overcome them with confidence.

May they be thankful for the help you provide them as they go down steep and difficult roads.
Bless them with wisdom and truth as they grow in the knowledge and understanding of Your will.
May they dance with joyful hearts as they experience your love.
Bless them, Lord, with the company of each other, family and sweet friends that stick close by at all times.
Thank you Lord for your daily bread you have provided for your children.
Thank you Lord for the love they will share with one another and may they pass it on to the generations to come.
Thank you Lord for giving to them the love and sweet kisses they need each day.
I pray they will be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as You have forgiven us.
and I pray they will stay focused on you as the author and perfector of their faith.
May they taste and see that you O Lord are good!
Amen.

roast recipe

Had to share this new roast recipe that is now one of our favorites and so easy that ANYONE can do this, even my son who is cooking his own turkey this year in Gatlinburg to serve his wife on her 30th birthday. Never thought I would see that day but glad I am!

Here is the recipe:
1 chuck roast
1 package of hidden valley Ranch dressing
1 package of McCormick Au Jus gravy mix
1 stick of real butter
4-5 pepperoncini peppers (they are in a jar in your local grocery)
Put all those ingredients on top of your roast (insert 4-5 of the little peppers inside the crevices of your roast ) and then add the butter on the very top
and cook in your crock pot on low for 8 hours (mine cooks fast so my roast was done in 6 hours)
makes a pretty good gravy too and the smell will dazzle you :)

Happy Thanksgiving Week to all of you and my your roads traveled be safe!

A Horse is a horse of course of course...

Lolli -"Hey Knox, want to go see some horsies?"
Knox " sure, just give me a few more minutes to conquer this jumping thing in here". (I have the best neighbors letting us jump and play in all their outdoor playing apparatus.)


Our regular two horses we visit down the street, (Tess and Cherokee) have been in the country all summer so we have two others, Martin and Savannah, that we stroll to but they are not as friendly to feed. Knox was fascinated by them, of course, and has no idea he is missing out on feeding them yet!
Martin was eager to sniff out Knox and surprisingly Knox backed off when he did.
Wouldn't you know that Tess and Cherokee arrived the day after Knox left. Oh well, I am excited the friendly horses are here now for awhile and next time Knox is here (probably February) we can cut up some carotts, put on our warm hats and mittens and stroll on down to feed our two favorite horse friends!

Count Your Blessings - name them one by one

I named a lot of blessings last week with this sweet boy by my side!
We took Knox to the "blessing of the pets" at our church last Sunday afternoon and he was totally entertained. He even growled at the kitty cat thinking it talked like a tiger!
and this was one of the biggest poodles ever!

it was a blessing to go see our friends at Assisted Living too. They are in love with our redheaded bundle of love.
Knox had a big blessing at our public library. We will be going back there this winter I am sure.


We counted lots of blessings playing outside and eatting some yummy stuff at Lolli and Pops home!





Now.... are yall ready for some fooootttballlll this week????

Knox says "I have no idea why everyone gets so worked up during the iron bowl week!"