Slumber Party for Callie and MaLeah!

I don't have any pictures but I had to include this in the blog. Jessica and Samantha were invited to a slumber party for Callie and MaLeah's birthday. The party was at Heath and Brandi's new house. It is a great place to have a slumber party. There are lots of rooms and lots of toys and a big staircase and balcony. It is absolutely stunning. Anyway, the staircase is where the interesting story comes in. Samantha was coming down the stairs and tripped. We think her head hit the wrought iron stair rail. She gashed her head open right above her forehead. They said her hair and face was covered in blood. When they finally got her cleaned up and saw the gash they thought there must be another one because there was so much blood. Jody kept looking for another gash but there wasn't one.
When Sue and I got there they were all in the kitchen holding a washcloth on her head. Brandi was holding her at the sink like a baby and she had blood on her shirt. What an adventure for the children. Morgan couldn't believe that Samantha wasn't crying. She said she would have. Jessica was upset but everything turned out fine. Samantha was having such a great time at the slumber party she didn't want to leave. She told me that she wanted to stay to find out if slumber parties were really "real." She finally decided to come home with us at 11:00 so I could keep an eye on her. I guess our "Party Curse" is not just for parties we give but for other parties too!
Jessica and Morgan were still up this morning at 1:00 eating Doritos in the kitchen. Nikki woke up and found them and made them go to bed!

Commander Hank Hartsfield

I went to see Hank Hartsfield at Troy Dothan. He is an astronaut from AUBURN! He talked about his missions and I was just in awe. He has logged 483 hours in space. He told us that he was the only astronaut who ate grits for breakfast! Here is his biography http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/hartsfield-hw.html

Here I am with Commander Hartsfield. Commander Hartsfield is on the front row second from the right. This is a picture of the crew from the last successful Columbia mission. That is Judy Resnik on the back row.This is a picture of the space lab on one of his flights.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving at Mom and Dad's. Dewayne, Linda, Drew, Hanna, and Lucille were all there. Robert and his girlfriend came later. We went to the river and rode in Clint's black boat after lunch. It was a warm day obviously.

It's me Eloise (at the Plaza)!

Dale County Christmas Pageant

Samantha had a great time "working" at the pageant. She took her job of crowning very seriously. Here she is with Tenley the 2008 Toddler winner.

Here is Jessica with Ashtin. Jessica placed 2nd and won the People's Choice award!

Doesn't she look like Cinderella? Okay.... enough of that where are the presents for the princesses!

Caison and Hayden's B'day Party

The party was at Kidzone in Ozark.

That's Samantha's "boyfriend" Blake in the top picutre!

Peanut Festival

The girls had a great time at the Peanut Festival Fair. Here they are with Hudson and Gunner. Gunner was being a good sport!

Briggs couldn't come down for the fair on his birthday because he had strep throat. Aunt Margie let the girls help decorate his cake. She certainly has a lot of patience! The girls loved it. I think they worked on it an hour. They were glad they were able to help Briggs celebrate his birthday even though he couldn't come to Dothan. Aunt Margie and Uncle Henry took the cake to B'ham.

New Mexico Hunt

Clint went elk hunting at the Philmont Ranch in New Mexico last week.
Here is a picture of his elk. He made the longest shot ever made on the ranch.

This is the land he was hunting. I wouldn't make it a half hour.

Sela's Annual Halloween Bash

Jes was so excited because she was spending the night with Sela after the party.

Well...the girls had a great time at the party and we got a new family member (again.)

Meet Sunny Eloise Sanders. I screamed when I saw them come in with a new fish but we realize now how much we missed having one.

Samantha's (2nd) Ear Piercing

Samantha got her ear's pierced for the second time at Merle Norman in Ozark. The first time Jessica and Samantha both got their ear's pierced and Jessica had trouble with hers after the six weeks was over. So Jes let hers heal and Samantha followed suit. But this time Samantha wanted her ear's pierced whether sister did or not. We did run into some trouble. After the first ear she decided it hurt and didn't want to do the other ear. We had to leave one ear pierced and took her back a few days later to do the other ear. This time the lady piercing her ears used a little cream to numb the ear and it didn't hurt her a bit.