"ROLL TIDE ROLL"

Larry and his dad where die hard Bama fans. Over the years of our marriage I had grown to enjoy Bama football too. I then really caught the fever when we moved to Alabama. You just can't help it. They live and breath football here. Of course the biggest rival is Auburn. They meet up yearly in what is called the "Iron Bowl". Unfortunately, Bama has lost the last 6 years which is kind of a source of embarrassment. Anyway the Iron Bowl was on Sat Nov 29th. We joined Jerry (Larry's Uncle) who is one of the biggest fans I have ever seen, in watching the game. This year the game was a complete shut out with a score of 36-0. Bama also won their first Iron Bowl ever on home territory breaking that curse as well. ROLL TIDE!

Missy entertaining herself during the game.

After the game and a birthday party that Aunt Alice was throwing for her two nieces we left and drove back to Alabama. We arrived home at 2:30 am but we beat all the holiday Sunday traffic. Made it home in our fastest time ever, 5hr 20 mins so it was well worth the late night getting in. We had a good Thanksgiving but very hard to get thru. It just wasn't the same without Larry and we all missed him terribly.

Thanksgiving Guest

For Thanksgiving dinner we had an unusual guest show up in the back yard. That is right a turtle. The kids thought it was great they all had to go see it and take pictures. Of course no one thought to take pics of the actual Thanksgiving dinner. Anyway we had Thanksgiving with my friend Erica in Florida. Those who attended (not pictured) Erica, her husband Tim and two children Jonathan & Katie, Tim's Mom, Erica's Mom and step dad, Erica's Sister Connie and her two girls Brie and Lexie, Erica's friend and her daughter Montana, and of course Me, Nathan, Devan, Marissa and my sister-in-law's sister Katie. We had all the usual Thanksgiving goodness and ate way to much.

Nathan's Birthday Cake

I found these pics of Nathan's B-Day cake. Erica made it for him complete with Alabama "A" and a singing candle.

YEAH, Happy Birthday too ME!!!!!!

Nathan's 15th Birthday

For Nathan's 15th birthday we were in Florida. Nathan had his party earlier on Nov 8th at the National Peanut Festival in Dothan. So on his birthday we went to Logan's Steakhouse (The Peanut Resturant) for a late lunch. On the way back to where we were staying we had this beautiful sky to look at. Nathan said it must have been his present from his Daddy.

Disney World

On Tuesday Nov 25 we went to Disney World. We spent half the day at the Magic Kingdom and the rest of the time at Disney Hollywood Studio. It was a very long day but we had a ton of fun.

Marissa, Katie, Devan, & Nathan in front of the side of the castle.

Jonathan, Devan, Katie M., Katie T., Marissa, & Nathan after riding splash mountain. All Wet!

Devan bought himself an old fashion Micky Mouse Club hat complete with name on the back.

What kind of face is that!!!! LOL

Pretty Christmas Decorations. AWWWWWHHH!

What kind of gang is this in the streets of New York at Hollywood Studio's.

Memory Lane

On Monday we slept in then took a little trip down memory lane. We visited where the trailer had been, Grandma Dale's old houses, the kids old schools, etc. We even dropped in on Marissa's old baby sitter Ms. Glenda and visited for about 1/2 hour. She hadn't changed a bit. We then went to the mall to look around. The play ground was still there that had been Nathan and Devan's favorite place to go with grandma. I don't know how many hours they spent playing on it but it was alot. Of course, as Nathan observed, it was much larger back then. Marissa played some on the play ground but doesn't really remember. They had fun finding out that they could now reach the top of the castle and could climb up the pot of gold. We then had dinner at Wings of Winter Garden, one of Larry's all time favorite places to eat. Memory lane can be fun but it can be hard to remember all those good times.

Lake Tohopekaliga

On Sunday we went with Erica to her church in Kissimmee, First Baptist of Kissimmee. After we ate at Long John Silver (very yummy) and then Erica took as to a park on Lake Tohopekaliga. It is Lake ToHo for short. There was a huge covered playground, a light house, and lots of trees. The kids had a good time playing and exploring the light house. After we went to Tim's moms house to visit and that evening went to visit Jerry and Alice (Larry's Uncle on his dad's side and his girlfriend). Then home to bed because we where really tired.

Thanksgiving Trip To Orlando

We decided to go to Orlando for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The kids had the entire week off so I took Mon & Tues off. We left on Sat. Nov 22th about 10:00. It was a beautiful day and a nice trip. We took our time and even stopped at Cracker Barrel for lunch. Here are some silly car trip pics the kids took.

Katie & Devan

Nathan

Marissa & Katie