NONNA'S WORLD

Friday, December 26, 2008

CHRISTMAS WITH MY FAMILY

This is my brother Ronnie, in green shirt, and other members of my family at the Christmas supper.
Suzanne with her new blouse and more...

Brett got his first Tiny Trapper knife with a pearl handle. He collects Case knives.

This is the right watch.
Notice the belts with their gown and pjs. They received these and loved them so much they put them on and wore them to my house.

These three just jumped out of bed to see what Santa had brought. They open their gifts and then come to my house for breakfast. We enjoyed a wonderful breakfast of ham, bacon, sausage, eggs, biscuits, sausage gravy, and blueberry pancakes. After breakfast we opened gifts and then the search is on for their big gifts. In this game I give them ten clues to find their gift. I make Sheyanne’s a little harder and this time I had to help her with a few of them. Zack was even included in the search this year.

The most exciting part of the game was when Sheyanne finally found her gift. I had ordered her a white Dooney and Bourke watch and she had decided she wanted the leopard one. I told her I would cancel the order. I went to Wal-Mart and bought the cheapest, ugliest watch I could find and that was her search gift. She screamed when she saw it. She carried on something awful because I know she knew that this was not IT…Finally with all of her dramatics I told her to look at the warranty for the watch. She said, “This ugly watch doesn’t have a warranty?” I insisted so she looked and inside the case holding the watch was the warranty with another clue stuck inside. Finally she found the watch she wanted. As you can see from the picture it is way too big but just what she wanted.

I started this search game many years ago with my daughter and it continues on. I have tried many times to quit doing it and both granddaughters insist that the tradition continue.

On Christmas night we went to my brother, Ronnie’s house, for supper. We had thirty-two members of the family in attendance. The young kids draw names and the adults bring a woman’s gift of a man’s gift and we play the Chinese Swap Game. Richard, my youngest brother, is always in charge of the rules and drawing for the game. He has been known to change the rules in the middle of the game.

We continue to miss the five members of our family that are no longer with us but I do feel so richly blessed to have such a wonderful family.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

BIG NIGHT FOR MADASAN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADASAN
Madasan celebrated her 13th birthday. Her cake included all of the farm animals she has in her life. This is a little strange for a thirteen year old but just what she wanted. Keaton liked the cake so much he grabbed a handful.

Thirteen candles and she got them all without a second try.


Now this is something that every girl needs. This is a practice goat which is used to teach you how to tie one down. You can also see that Keaton thinks it is a toy. She got so many nice gifts from aunts, uncles, grandmothers, cousins, friends and her parents.
This is big sis and boyfriend enjoying the festivities. One thing about these two when you say, "cheese" they do.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS CARD

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This is Halton Floyse being smooched by his mom and dad. I don't think he is yawning. Being a Howard and named after his great-grandfather I'm sure he is singing...
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Friday, December 19, 2008

GIRL'S NIGHT OUT TO SEE THE ROCKETTES


Maxine, Me, Suzanne, Nancy, Iris, Donna, Julia (After the show)






This was a fantastic show.


We had supper at Benihana's before the show. We had to wait a little longer than normal because of the big crowd that also were there to see the show. Suzanne and I had never eaten at a Japanese Steakhouse but were pleased with our food.


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We took the shuttle over to Alltel and got there just as the show was starting. By the time I got up the steps to Alltel I was completely pooped and then we had to go down steep steps to the fourth row. Going down was a little easier than going up.

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We enjoyed every moment of the show and couldn't decide just which part of it was the most enjoyable. We all agreed that the elaborate scenes, lighting, orchestra, and dancers were all fantastic.

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The only bad part of the trip was the weather. We traveled through fog going and coming. It finally turned into fog and rain but as we neared God's country the fog cleared and we sailed home the last few miles with just a fine mist. Our driver, Julia, missed a few turns but did a fantastic job of delivering us home safely. Julia is our Girl's Night Out planner. She can always come up with the best ideas.

RETIREES INVITED TO LUNCH AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

New Principal Karla Byrne talking to me.
Iris, Imogene, Jo Ann, Charlotte and Carma

Iris is a retired second grade teacher.
Imogene is a retired third grade teacher.
I am a retired principal.
Charlotte is a retired fifth grade teacher.
Carma is a retired fourth grade teacher.


Mrs. Byrne invited several of the recently retired teachers back to have lunch with the elementary faculty. Five of us showed up and enjoyed quite a spread. It was so nice to be back with all of my teacher friends and to meet the new members of the faculty.


Sunday, December 07, 2008

PICTURE TAKING DAY DOWN ON THE FARM

Getting ready for the picture. Brett loves picture taking day.
Suzanne and Brett

Suzanne, Madasan, Brett, Sheyanne

The dogs are ready, the horses are ready now if we could get everyone to smile.

Scarlett says, "This is what I think of picture taking day."
Madasan and Flossy don't mind at all.
Suzanne and the girls, Dixie and Fancy.

Suzanne got everyone ready for pictures today and I thought I needed to share a few of them. She wants all of the animals in the pictures so the dogs were dressed and the horses had to have on their Christmas hats. Since Brett loves picture taking day so much his job was to keep the hats on the horses. He loved it!!