How sweet the sound.

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. We want to share with you this beautiful finale from "Carols by Candlelight" this year at First Baptist Church Jackson. This is a very powerful and moving song for many reasons. As we addressed our Christmas cards this year, we realized that we had quite a few family members on our list that were no longer here, and we started to miss them during this Holiday season, along with my Mom and other family members that have left us in the years before. But what a comfort to know that this time away from them on this earth is just a season, and that we will be reunited with them again in Heaven. What amazing grace that he saved a wretch like me, and that we have the promise of eternal Heaven with Him, our precious family members, and other believers. When we've been there ten-thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we'd first begun. Merry Christmas!

Fun, FUN, and more Fun!

We are really enjoying this Holiday season and want to post to a few pictures of all our good times! We will start with our most recent, and end with our October fun, so sit back and enjoy our fun, FUN, and more Fun!

The Mississippi Children's Museum:

I can hear my dad now, "What in the world? Why did you dress that boy in that green and pink shirt?". Long story short...we had no other options but to put our little 40 lb. two-year-old boy in his sister's shirt at the new Mississippi Children's Museum (our new favorite place on EARTH, by the way). You see, Mr. Tripp got really happy in the Mississippi River water exhibit this Sunday while his mommy was distracted on the phone, and got his shirt soaked to the elbows. But boy did he enjoy himself!

Check out the "Little Cooks Corner" at this museum. The kitchen is stocked with GREAT wooden food and dishes, and this was one of our favorites! We made the best hamburgers for our Mommy and Daddy.

The children gathered up all their produce in their baskets, and then jumped in the produce delivery truck. Tripp got to drive the truck, because he's the boy of course, even if he was in a pink and green shirt, haha.

They got to pretend to milk the cow, and check out his teeth.

Above is a shot of how Mollie built a floor with her foam bricks. She loved putting on her construction vest, and yellow hard hat in the background. She built her floor just like the brick floor at Kaye-Kaye and Sashee's house. Below is a shot of what Tripp did with his bricks. He threw them one-by-one in the house, and then back out again into a big pile! That's our boy! Notice his wrench, hammer, and yellow hard hat in the pile. And then he was off to the next exhibit! Only, we didn't know where he went. Seriously, we lost him TWO times that afternoon. Scary! That boy is super quick but we found him. This was a terrific afternoon, and we plan to return many times, and even bought the one-year family membership! (An early Christmas gift to Curt from his parents!)

DISNEY PRINCESSES on ICE:

This was so much FUN! Mollie loved seeing all her favorite princesses: Snow White and the Dwarfs, Cinderella and her carriage, Ariel the Mermaid, and Belle. She was so happy and is still talking about this night!

It was getting a little late, so Miss Mollie started to suck her thumb in her daddy's lap. So sweet.

Christmas Card Shots at the Capitol:

We stopped at the Capitol one morning before Sunday School and let the kids climb the steps at the Capitol, and grabbed a few shots while they were all doodied-up for church.

Above: Tripp heard the church bells and started cheering!

Playing in the backyard with our twin cousins, Shelia and Courtney:

Halloween 2010: matching green and pink monsters!

The Pumpkin Patch:

And for our final fun picture below, this is a precious shot of all Curt and Kelli's cousins, on both their mom and dad's sides, and their families at the Nichols-Boyd Pumpkin Patch this fall. We loved having everyone together, and letting the kids pick a pumpkin during their hayride. This is a great group of people and we're so thankful for our families!

And now, we've got to try to stay off the "Naughty List" until Santa comes, so we'll let you know how that goes! Thanks for sharing in our fun times!

Splish Splash!

What a fun week these little ones have had! This is a hysterical picture of Tripp is picture enjoying his time splashing around at the Renaissance Mall in Ridgeland. We met Shelia and Courtney there Friday morning and had such a fun time just playing in the water. Natalie and Jim are on vacation at the beach, so Natalie's mother, Shelia, invited us to come hang out with the twins and it was so much fun!



Earlier in the week, the kids and I took a spontaneous overnight trip to Greenville while Curt traveled. I wish I had taken more pictures there because the kids had so much fun as always with their Kaye-Kaye and Sashee. Mollie was thrilled to go on another "adventure with Li-li" (Curt's sister Kelli)to Carson's football game in Indianola. Carson couldn't play because he broke his arm playing football with his friends in Starkville last weekend. Mollie wore her Washington Generals cheerleader uniform and had a blast in the stands.



Another highlight of the week when we returned home was getting to eat chocolate yogurt with Shelia and Courtney. It was so nice of "Mimi" (Natalie's mom) to treat us!



This has been a lot of fun for the kids, and I hope we can always keep our days full of excitement! Now off to plan some more fun times!