Christmas Eve Jubilation

Christmas eve was a fantastic evening for all! Our family, Joe's parents, Debby & Curt, and the Darringtons all joined the Holdsworths for a celebration. We had delicious food, great company, and we filled the rafters with singing. We read the Christmas story from the bible, read my mom's "The True Meaning of Christmas" poem, and shared our talents. Most of the children played the piano, my daughters played a flute/piano duet, and Susie and I brushed off the cobwebs and played our own flute/piano duet.

We are so blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives. We love you all.

Debby's "Redneck" 40th Birthday Celebration

We were so happy to have my sister, Debby, and her boyfriend, Curtis, visit for the holidays this year. Debby is a Christmas eve baby, so we got to celebrate her 40th birthday with her. We planned a surprise party that was a hoot! Debby's a big Nascar fan, so we made Nascar "Team Debby #40" shirts with age appropriate sponsors. We had all our friends show up at the house and then had an Escalade limousine pick us up for our birthday activities. The limo was a blast and quite trashy, which fit in with the theme (a little too well).

Speaking of trashy, we then drove Debby to "Hooters" for a redneck lunch. I kept covering Jake's eyes to prevent him from discovering why men go to Hooters. After lunch we went bowling and very fittingly, Debby won! I wish I could say we did that on purpose, but we pretty much all sucked.

It was a fun day for all and hopefully very memorable for Debby! Love you sis.

Spreading Christmas Cheer

Jake performed with the 2nd grade at school today. He was on the second row (blue striped shirt) so I was able to get up front and film him close. He was singing to me the whole time. CuTIe PiE!! I loved it!


Kelsey also performed today (top row, gray shirt with striped sleeves). I think she was scared to death. She gets stage fright like her mommy. I loved the song and thought Kelsey was beautiful.

Christmas "Attitude"

I found this picture on Kelsey's whiteboard this morning. It had me cracking up! I actually think it's Morgan's handwriting and seems more like Morgan's attitude too. Ho ho ho!

Almost There

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I'm heading toward it. My final is tomorrow and the stress of school will disappear for 3 weeks. YiPPee!!

Two more weeks of school to SURVIVE!

How this cat looks . . . is how I feel! Only two weeks left of this semester but 3 large assignments are due and then there's the final. oH, My, HeCk!!! Just cart me off to the funny farm right now.