"HERE SHE GOES AGAIN......DRESSING US UP!!"

READY TO GO SEE SANTA!!

THE BOYS WERE ALL SMILES BEFORE WE LEFT TO GO SEE SANTA. AIDEN WAS EVEN SAYING, "HO HO HO" WHEN I ASKED HIM WHAT SANTA SAY'S, BUT HE DIDN'T LIKE THAT SANTA GUY AT ALL!! AUSTIN DIDN'T MIND AND JUST SAT THERE THE WHOLE TIME AND WOULD JUST LOOK AT HIM! WESTON DIDN'T LIKE SANTA AT ALL EITHER, SO HIM AND AIDEN JUST SCREAMED THE WHOLE TIME! SO NEEDLESS TO SAY WE HAVE LOTS OF TEARS IN OUR PICTURES WITH SANTA! OH WELL, THEY'LL LOOK BACK ONE DAY AND LAUGH AT THEMSELVES. I WILL POST IT IF I CAN GET IT SCANNED IN!

RIDING THE CAROUSEL!

AUSTIN AND WESTON LOVED IT, BUT AIDEN DIDN'T WANT ANY PART OF THE MOVING REINDEER! HE WOULD SIT UP THERE FOR JUST A MINUTE AND THEN HE WANTED OFF!!

NOW AND THEN.....

WOW!! WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES! I THINK MI MI AND I HAVE STARTED A NEW TRADITION. WE TAKE ALL THE BOYS TO GET PICTURES MADE WITH SANTA DURING THE DAY WHILE ALL THE OTHER KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL, AND THEN WE RIDE THE CAROUSEL! ALL OF THE BOYS LOOK SO BIG COMPARED TO LAST YEAR!!

SO FULL OF LIFE!!!!

LOOK AT ALL THE TEETH AND HAIR!!

AIDEN HAS A MOUTH FULL OF TEETH AND AUSTIN HAS A HEAD FULL OF HAIR!! THEY BOTH REALLY DO NEED ANOTHER HAIR CUT, BUT I JUST LOVE ALL OF AUSTIN'S LIL' CURLS!! I WISH ALL OF AUSTIN'S TEETH WOULD COME IN SO WE COULD SEE WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR HIS CAPS, BUT THEY ARE TAKING THEIR OWN SWEET TIME!! AIDEN HAS DONE SO GOOD WITH ALL OF HIS BACK TEETH COMING IN, SO HOPEFULLY AUSTIN WILL DO THE SAME!!

THEY HAVE A POTTY........

AND LOVE IT!! ANYTIME I ASK IF THEY WANT TO GO TEE TEE IN THE POTTY THEY RUN TO THE BATHROOM. I DO SIT THEM UP THERE AND JUST SEE, BUT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED YET! I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW WHAT THE "POTTY" IS REALLY ALL ABOUT, BUT AT LEAST THEY LIKE IT! I THINK I WILL REALLY START TO TRY THE WHOLE "POTTY" THING OUT IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.......FOR NOW WE WILL JUST PRACTICE SITTING ON IT!!

BATH TIME FUN!!

THE BOYS TAKE AFTER MOMMY AND LOVE TO BE RIGHT UP UNDER THE WATER! THEY WILL SIT AND FIGHT OVER IT AND PUT THEIR HEADS UP UNDER IT. I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM BEING SCARED OF THE WATER THIS SUMMER!!

YOU CAN'T HAVE BBQ WITHOUT CHOCOLATE PIE!!!

UPDATE ON MOUNTAINVIEW CHURCH

Hi everybody,

I just wanted to take a minute and wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. We are truly a blessed people. God is so good and we are so undeserving. I know you all will join with us tomorrow as we say a very special “thank you” to God for His many, many wonderful blessings. I personally want to thank each of you for your dedication in praying for Mountainview Church this past year as well as your encouragement and financial support. We are seeing God move in a number of ways, placing special people in our paths and opening some critical doors.

We have finally, after many months of searching, found a location to begin meeting, at least temporarily. We will be leasing the band room at Chelsea Middle School on Highway 39 beginning the first of January. It’s in the vicinity of our target area and will be a great place to start. We praise God for opening this door of opportunity! Our target date for beginning services is Easter Sunday, 2008. We will begin meeting as a core group in January and hopefully have a couple of test runs prior to Easter. Please pray that God will gather together just the right mix of people to begin this work and that we as a group will be sensitive to the leadership and the guidance of the Holy Spirit in all that we do. Thanks again, God bless you all, and please pray for us daily.

Pastor Grady Covin
Mountainview Church
P.O. Box 364
Chelsea, Alabama 35043
http://www.mountainview.cc
205-601-6986

SIX YEARS AGO.....

THE DAY AFTER MY 21ST BIRTHDAY I MET MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN THAT LONG AGO. WE HAVE MADE SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES SINCE THEN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE!! I LOVE YOU AND YOU ARE THE BEST HUSBAND AND FATHER THAT I COULD EVER ASK FOR!!!

6 IN A ROW.....

OH WELL, AT LEAST THEY DIDN'T KILL BAMA!! I TRIED TO PULL THEM THROUGH!I EVEN SNUCK MY ALABAMA SHACKER IN, BUT THAT DIDN'T HELP! IT WAS STILL FUN AND THANKS TO MY WONDERFUL HUBBY I WAS WARM! HE BOUGHT ME A SKI SUIT WHEN WE GOT TO AUBURN SO I WOULDN'T FREEZE TO DEATH! MABEY WE CAN BREAK THIS STINKING STREAK NEXT YEAR!!

AUBURN FUN!!!

WE TOOK THE CAMPER DOWN TO AUBURN AND STAYED THE WEEKEND! THIS WAS A FIRST FOR ALL OF US AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! THE BOYS GOT TO STAY HERE WITH GI GI AND PAW ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN MI MI AND PAW PAW ON SATURDAY NIGHT! I WAS SO GLAD TO GET HOME AND SEE THEM, BUT I KNOW THEY HAD A BLAST GETTING SPOILED ALL WEEKEND! THANK YOU GI GI, PAW, MI MI, AND PAW PAW!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!

TODAY WAS MY 27TH BIRTHDAY TOO! I REALLY HAD TO KEEP REMINDING MYSELF THAT IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY BECAUSE I GUESS ONCE YOU HIT A CERTAIN AGE IT IS JUST ANOTHER DAY!! I ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO SPEND MY BIRTHDAY WITH MY BOYS AND MY FAMILY! THEY ARE THE BEST GIFTS THAT I COULD EVER HAVE! THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING!!

THANKSGIVING WITH THE COVIN'S!!

WE STARTED OUT OUR THANKSGIVING DAY AT MY PARENTS HOUSE WITH LOTS OF FOOD! THE BOYS HAD FUN AS ALWAYS WITH WESTON AND RJ HAD FUN TALKING SMACK WITH MY FAMILY ABOUT THE FOOTBALL GAME! MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS HUGE ALABAMA FANS, MY GI GI BEING THE BIGGEST AND THEY LOVE TO MESS WITH HIM ABOUT BEING AN AUBURN FAN! FOR SOME REASON MY BROTHER DECIDED TO BE AN AUBURN FAN TOO, SO HE AT LEAST HAD SOME BACK UP FROM HIM!

THANKSGIVING WITH THE HUGHES!!

AFTER WE LEFT MY PARENTS WE WENT TO RJ'S PARENTS HOUSE TO EAT SOME MORE!! I'M TELLING YOU I THINK I ATE ENOUGH TO LAST ME UNTIL NEXT YEAR, BUT I LOOOOOVVVEEE TO EAT!! I MEAN I'M ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO CHRISTMAS:)!!! THE BOYS WERE SOOO TIRED AND ONLY CAT NAPPED IN THE CAR TODAY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, BUT THEY DID GREAT ALL DAY! I THINK THEY ENJOYED ALL THE ATTENTION AND PLAYING WITH THEIR COUSIN'S!

THEIR FAVORITE.......

JUMPING ON THE BED WITH PAW!! THEY LOVE TO JUMP ON ANYTHING AND REALLY LIKE IT WHEN YOU THROW THEM UP OR FLIP THEM! THEY JUST LIKE TO PLAY ROUGH AND MADISON WAS RIGHT THERE WITH THEM!!

SWEET KISSES!!

THE BOYS LOVE TO KISS EACH OTHER NOW. IT IS THE SWEETEST THING AND I'M SURE THEY WILL LOVE ME FOR THESE PICTURES ONE DAY! I AM SO THANKFUL FOR MY TWO BEAUTIFUL AND HEALTHY BOYS! I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR AND THANK GOD EVERYDAY FOR BLESSING ME WITH THIS WONDERFUL LIFE AND FAMILY THAT I HAVE! I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERUFUL AND SAFE THANKSGIVING!!