CHRISTMAS 2007

WELL, CHRISTMAS HAS COME AND GONE! IT WAS A GOOD ONE AND A NOT SO GOOD ONE FOR US. WE WENT TO ANNA'S HOUSE DOWN IN TIFTON, GA. WE ARRIVED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ANNA AND I FOUND OURSELVES AT WALMART AROUND MIDNIGHT THAT NIGHT GETTING THE LAST FEW ITEMS NEEDED. CHRISTMAS EVE WAS SPENT GETTING THINGS READY FOR THE NEXT DAY. RAY GOT TO GO MUD BOGGING ON THE 4WHEELERS ALL DAY. HE LOVED THAT. ANNA AND I SNUCK OUT THERE FOR A LITTLE RIDE OURSELVES. IT WAS FUN. THE KIDS GOT TO OPEN SOME GIFTS CHRISTMAS EVE AND THEN IT WAS OFF TO BED. OF COURSE ANNA AND I DIDN'T GET TO BED TILL ABOUT 3:30. THE KIDS WERE UP AT 7:15 AND READY TO GO. IT WAS A BLAST!!! IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO WATCH ALL THE LITTLE AND BIGGER FACES LIGHT UP. THE BEST OF COURSE WAS TY!!! HE WAS THE YOUNGEST ONE THERE AND THE MOST EXPRESSIVE ONE. I GOT SOME GREAT PICS OF HIM. THINGS WENT GREAT UNTIL....IT WAS TIME TO EAT AND POOR TY DIDN'T EVEN GET A BITE IN WHEN HE GOT SICK. AND SO BEGAN THE VIRUS. HE GOT SICK TWO MORE TIMES LATER THAT NIGHT. RAY SPENT MOST OF THE NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY IN THE RESTROOM. APPARENTLY IT WAS A 12HR BUG BECAUSE COME WEDNESDAY TY WAS FINE. IT LINGERED ON FOR RAY THOUGH. WELL, WE LEFT WEDNESDAY AND GOT HOME AROUND 6:00PM. EVERYONE WAS FINE, JUST TIRED UNTIL...THURSDAY I TOOK THE KIDS TO BETH'S AND WENT TO WORK. ABOUT TWO HRS LATER BETH CALLS AND SAYS THAT BRITTNEE IS SICK. OH BOY! POOR BRITTNEE ENDED UP WITH THE VOMITING, DIARRHEA, AND FEVER. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT AS OF TODAY EVERYONE IS BETTER AND AFTER TALKING TO ANNA NO ONE AT HER HOUSE HAS CAUGHT IT. THANK THE LORD!!!

REGARDLESS OF THE WHOLE VIRUS FIASCO I HAVE TO SAY THAT CHRISTMAS WAS AWESOME!!! WE REALLY ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH THE THACKER CLAN AND CINDY! IT WAS NICE TO GET AWAY FOR AWHILE.

THANK YOU ANNA, TIM, KAYLA, CORTNEY, KIRSTEN, AND CINDY FOR A WONDERFUL AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS!!! WE LOVE YALL!!!