After the Holidays

Didn't get much time to blog during the holidays but we had a great Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Hear are some pictures of the grandchildren that Lacey took for Amanda and Chad's Christmas card.

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!!

Update

I'm so sorry I haven't posted anything in a while, but life happens so fast some times that you just don't realize how long it's been in reality.

Well since I've was here last time, I've been laid off from my job and started my own business on Amazon. I've sent most of you the link to my online store and if you haven't received it, please let me know and I'll send it to you.

The Lord has blessed the situation though in the fact that I've been available to help Amanda with her children when they get sick and I can stay with them. She started a new job in June and it's still very difficult for her to take time off when one of them is sick. They all had the swine flu the second week of her new job (including her)so at least they don't have to get the vaccination.

Lacey is expecting her first child on April 24th. We don't know if it's a boy or girl yet, but they do want to know so they can have things ready. They are NOT sharing names with anyone...sounds like someone else in the family!!!! LOL
I can't say that I blame her after what happened to Amanda. One of her freinds took the name she had picked out for a boy because she shared it with her thinking she wouldn't do that...but as we all know, things like that happen.

Well, I'll post some new pictures soon. Halloween is coming up so I'll get some pictures of the kids up here after Halloween.

Lacey also has a birthday tomorrow (October 25th) but we will be celebrating next Friday night with a bunch of their friends and all of our family.

God bless until next time.

A Day At the Beach!

Last weekend, as part of my Mother's Day celebration (and Amanda's too) we took the kids to the beach. Amanda, Chad, Lacey, Morgan, Logan, Caden and I went to Pass-A-Grill beach in St. Petersburg. It's actually closer for us to go to St. Pete to the beach than to Bradenton Beach. Funny HUH!???

Well, here are some pictures of the kids (all of us) playing at the beach!!
More pictures to come as soon as I can drag them out of Amanda and Lacey.

Mother's Day Weekend

For Mother's Day Amanda, Chad, Lacey, Morgan, Logan, Caden & I went to the beach.

It is a proven fact that Caden loves the beach!! You'll see from the pictures. Phil & Brady were not there because they were playing in a fundraiser golf tournament in Orlando. The timing didn't permit them to participate in the Mother's Day festivities yesterday.

Phil took his mom to lunch on Thursday to celebrate Mother's Day with her since he wasn't going to be able to go to dinner with all of us last night.

So after our trip to the beach, we went back to my house and showered, took a nap and dressed for dinner. I went and picked up Mom (Phil's mom) and we met the kids at Red Lobster in St. Petersburg. They were so great!! We had such a great time with everyone. I took Mom home and spent about an hour visiting with her before going home. Phil and I reached home about the same time.

Today we went to church then Phil took me out to lunch.

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day and a great weekend.

Holcomb Family 100th Year Reunion

On Friday, May 1, 2009 Phil & I celebrated our 33rd Wedding Anniversary as we were driving to Wiggins, Mississippi (which is about 35 miles north of Gulfport, Mississippi on Highway 49). We went to the 100th Year Family Reunion of the Holcomb Family. We are on the Benjamin Charles (Charlies) Holcomb and Elizabeth Hargrove branch of this tree, which is one of 12 children that James Madison Holcomb and Elizabeth Hargrove gave birth too.

There were about 170 in attendance in Wiggins. We had the get together at a state park with a lake and swimming area so the kids had something to do. It was really weird sitting in a room full of people and realizing that you are related to every one of them one way or another. The oldest member there was 92 and the youngest was 2 months old. The family branch with the most in attendance was Gardner with 58 and Charlie's branch had 16 (that's us).

It was really great to get to see cousins that I hadn't seen in quite a while. June McGraw, (Aunt Iris' daughter - Clarissa Swaggart (Aunt Iris' granddaughter) and her family, Letitia Whittington O'Neill and her family of three children and three grandchildren were there a s well.

Sun N Fun Fly-In Lakeland, Florida

Well, I'm here at the Sun N Fun Media Center. I volunteered to come in and credential the media from all over the world (and I mean ALL over the world). We are purched right here near the flight line where the air show takes place so we get to see that when it starts at 3pm.

I'm sad that I don't have any pictures to upload to my blog but you can go to www.sun-n-fun.org and take a look at some of what's going on. It's really exciting to be here. There are tons of people walking around as well. Not sure of the numbers yet, but if what I see is any indication of a good turn out then we definitely have a good turn out!!!

We have credentialed a little over 300 people out of a possible 400 that signed up to attend as media representatives.

I'm babysitting the grandchildren this weekend so I might try to bring them out to see the planes. Logan will love it!! Not sure if Morgan cares one way or the other and I know Caden won't like the noise...so we'll see.

Hope you all have a great weekend. I'll take some pictures of the kids and put them up next week. I'm also planning on attending the 100th year of the Holcomb Family Reunion next weekend, which just happens to be mine & Phil's 33rd wedding anniversary! WOW, where did the time go?

Pictures of Grandchildren

Caden & Logan

Morgan

I love Spring!! With Spring comes the beauty of new flowers in bloom. Of course, with that comes allergies, but some things must be endured to have the beauty!

My three grandchildren are most amazing, sweet, loving and just precious!! I have to post pictures of all three of them here since I haven't put any new ones of Caden up in a long time.

Enjoy!!