Thanksgiving 2012

This year I have been doing the 30 days of Thanksgiving.  I am thankful for everything that the Lord has given me.  I am especially thankful for His love, His forgiveness and that He gave His life for my salvation.  I am also thankful that he blessed me with my mom and dad who are also my friends.  I have gotten to know some pretty awesome people at GFBC and it has his handwriting all over it!!  I have been honored to pack 2 Operation Christmas Child boxes as well as a box for a military personnel.  It is because of His work in me that I am able to do this. 

I know our extended family isn't perfect.  I know we have issues and tons of drama.  But, I also know that God is with us all during this time.  It was apparent this Thanksgiving when not only did Donna show up for dinner but Blake, Linsey and Paisley even stopped by to pay a visit.  We were so glad to have Mike and Diane up for Thanksgiving too!

We had a wonderful meal and enjoyed the time spent with our family.   This year I have so much to be thankful for and all the Glory goes to Him!

Check out my turkeys I made =)

Relay For Life Car Show

On Saturday, November 17th, the East Jefferson Relay For Life had our 2nd car show.  This year I was able to put the TA in the show.  I was so excited to enter my car and I appreciate dad working hard to get it show ready.  Moms 'Stang will be in the next show in March 2013.
Below are some pics from the day. 

I won a gift certificate from Joel's in a random drawing and won Top Ten for the TA.

It was a good day!

IMS Football party

On Friday, November 16th we had our annual IMS football party.  As usual our buddy Cory Reamer made an appearance and of course I had to get my picture made with him.  ROLL TIDE!

Southerners Reunion '12

On Friday, Nov 9th me, Angela, Blake, Sawyer and Sam headed to the Friendliest Campus in the South for the Southerners Reunion.  After checking in at the Hampton Inn, we grabbed dinner at Cecil's...so good!  Then, we headed to the stadium for a full show performance by the current Southerners.  They are AMAZING! 

Tori texted me a few times asking where we were sitting and I later found out.  Instead of the current Southerners singing "I'll Fly Away" on the field an us singing in the stands --- the current Southerners came to us!  It was so cool singing our traditional song with our 1st recruit - as a family =).

After a quick visit to the hotel, we grabbed a snack at the Huddle House.

Saturday morning started off with breakfast and then headed to the stadium for practice.  John met me at the field for practice, it was great to finally get him to a reunion!  After practice, we were hanging out under the stadium and this mysterious person threw Sam a brand new black Gamecock jersey.  I wish I would have taken a picture of his face -- PRICELESS!

Howard made it to practice in order to lend a mellophone to Blake.  We all headed to Baja mexican for lunch - it was yummy!  Tori even met us for chips and cheese dip.

After lunch I met up with mom and dad at the stadium.  It was time for gametime!  The alumni Southerners played "Salvation" with the current Southerners after the 1st quarter and then we played our traditional tunes during halftime.  All the while the Tide is not doing good against Texas A&M.  After the game, the current Southerners did a complete full show for everyone.  Again, it was AMAZING.  JSU won; Alabama lost; but I had a GREAT weekend!

Blake, Angela, Tori and me

Angela, Grant and me

me and John

Go JSU Gamecocks!

Belk Charity Day

I signed up to volunteer at the Belk Charity sale.  I get a percentage of their sales from 6 am - 10 am to go towards our Relay team.  After waking up at 4:30 am, I made it to Belk at 5:45 am and worked my tail off until about 11:30 a.m.  Let's just say I have a new appreciation for any shoe sales associate.

Took a short nap and then cheered the Tide, with my and dad, onto a nailbiting win over LSU.  ROLL TIDE!