Gluten Free, Allergy Free, Sugar Free & Totally Fat Free

The beautiful cake was gluten free, allergy free, sugar free and totally fat free! Had I been dieting, I could have eaten a piece and made up for in another area. However fasting while celebrating a birthday doesn't mix, well at least if you have a sweet tooth like me! At this point, I'm just taking an opportunity to blog about the creativity of my dear sister that I call "Sa Pud"......Thanks Sis for your love, support and friendship! Oh, the monkey candle? That's another story for another time!

The roses were a gift from "the boyz" and the beautiful salad bar was designed by Teresa at one of our recent church eatn' meetn's........That Teresa has a flair I admire!

January 11th Sunset

Sunsets - Just one of the finer things in life.

Ridin' Pigs & Horses

Check out the farm gear! Being a farm girl, you would think that I own shoes that I could wear on the farm. Well with us starting over, this is one thing that I haven't even thought about acquiring much less needing, until this past New Years Eve! The girls showed up in new shoes and I knew with heavy rains the day before, that shoes would be ruined. We had a choice, go buy shoes at the dollar store or use bags! Bags were the choice attire for the occasions! (I chose to wear a pair of socks with crocks and throw the socks away.) Not only did we get to spend some time with a amazing family on their farm, but those that chose to, got to ride a pig. You asked, "how do you ride a pig?" It looked easy. Grab a pig by the ears and hang on for the ride! Actually, I don't know who squilled the loudest, the pigs or the girls!

Yet Another CHRISTmas Celebration

Hanging out with Ed doing guy stuff in the garage, cooking a CHRISTmas meal, playing several games of cards, laughing, making CHRISTmas candy,building memories, enjoying the beautiful weather from our patio, telling the meaning of CHRISTmas, answering questions about CHRISTmas, opening gifts and sharing time together made our CHRISTmas time special. They were not expecting CHRISTmas gifts but each received a NIV Bible, either a MSU or Ole Miss (don't let it be said that I spent $$$ on Ole Miss shirts), each received a cap donated by Brother Elton plus there were other small gifts for the each of them. Baby Glory received her first baby doll.

On Sunday night someone treated them to a night of bowling and then we went to a house to play wii (bowling & golf) and ate pizza. We all had allot of fun! For a fuzzy ah moment, on Saturday I asked Daniel if he wanted to watch a movie? He said, "no, I want to be with you." My heart melted once again!

Family Time

I'm not for sure how many hours we logged playing Rummikub! (This game is also called Rummy-o) What fun to share with family! The gingerbread house was made by Marion Grace and was too beautiful to cut! Looks like Nolan is pointing a thumb @ Courtney! Isn't Austin cute? Sure wish I could sit that!

Merry CHRISTmas

CHRISTmas in Canton

Canton Mississippi is a quaint little town that has had the honor of having had several movies filmed around the town square. Willie Morris the author of many writings and know for his movie "My Dog Skip," is among some of the well known people that called Canton home. Mississippi native John Grisham also had a couple movies filmed in Canton. Last night we had the opportunity to spend time with some friends from Seattle, a couple Africans and nine from Burma. Excitement was high as we walked the town square and watched people and looked at the little city that is outlined in lights.