Thanksgiving - Grenada

Happy Thanksgiving!  Thursday we celebrated Thanksgiving with Betty's family in Grenada.  Friday we'll head over to Eupora for the annual Cummings feast and food induced coma.  Here are some pictures from the day including pics of the big football game featuring Davis, Matt, Jacob, Patrick, and Ryan.

Congrats Jordan!

Congratulations, Jordan! Thursday night she won Most Beautiful at Grenada High School. McKenzie and I went to the beauty review and had a lot of fun! Jordan is a junior at GHS. Jordan, you were stunning and we are proud of you!

McKenzie Dancing!

McKenzie's dance studio, Charisma Dance Co., had a Christmas Bazaar Saturday and each dance class performed a song during the day.  Since it wasn't really a recital and none of the family got to see it, here are videos of her three performances.  Great job, McKenzie!

"All Of Me"

"Run, Run Rudolph"

"Life Of The Party"

Itta Bena Homecoming

This past Sunday was another homecoming celebration at our old church in Itta Bena.  Itta Bena's homecoming is something we look forward to and really enjoy every time.  It's always so great to see old friends and show my family where I grew up.  And the food is always incredible!  This year was no different.  Jan's cousin, Steve Burton, was the guest preacher and did a great job.  After the worship service we ate a wonderful meal in the family life center.  Here are some pictures from the fun day of worship, food, and fellowship.

 Jan and her mother and brother, Wayne.

 This is our #1 blog fan, Sandra Joiner!

Matt has a reading fair this Thursday.  His book is Snowmen at Night.  Here he is with his backboard.

Halloween Fun

Halloween was a lot of fun this year! McKenzie decided she was too old to dress up and go trick or treating but we still have Matt! I asked him a few weeks ago what he wanted to dress up as for Halloween and he said he wanted to be a Ninja again like last year. So that is what we did. We hung out at the house for awhile and the kids gave out candy. That is their favorite part. I love our neighborhood because it is perfect for this holiday! We had the cutest little dressed up kids come by our house. About dark we took Matt trick or treating and he was so happy to add to his already growing candy collection from school. We came back to the house to hand out more candy and David and McKenzie went to the Grenada vs. South Panola football game. It was an exciting game in that Grenada was ahead most of the game which was not expected against this team who is always the best in the state. Grenada ended up losing but it was a great game. Here are a few pictures from the night!

Halloween Party

A few of McKenzie's friends had a Halloween party last weekend. It was a really cute party and fun for everyone to dress up and hang out together. McKenzie and her friend Haley decided that they wanted to do a theme together and dress up. McKenzie looked on Costume Supercenter and found  Alice in Wonderland costumes. Haley was Alice and McKenzie went as the Mad Hatter. The girls got ready at our house, then on to the party. Here is a picture of them all grown up and looking cute!

Happy Halloween!

I wanted to share a few pictures of my Halloween stuff. I am using most of the same things that I have been using for the past few years. I do try to change it up a bit.

Bought this cute bat wreath at Walgreens last year after Halloween half off. I noticed the other day that they have brought them back this year so they are available if you want one. I added the bow to it and hung it by the back door.

To the front porch, I added a cornstalk, mums, a scarecrow and big Jack o lantern. The scarecrow I have had for years. I am using the wreath that I had made a couple of years ago. Love that I get to use some of these things  year after year.

Love decorating my mailbox!

Containers for fall....I planted pansies, violas and ivy. I'm going to add some ornamental cabbage to my pots, just waiting for Walmart to get some in.  I love these multi colored mums this year. I chose the orange/purple variety.

Lastly, a few pictures of things I did inside...Happy Halloween!