Thursday, December 28, 2006

Christmas at my Mom and Kennys

On Christmas morning after we open gifts at home we head straight to moms where she fixes us all breakfast and then we open gifts. It is a great time for us all. Here is Grayson opening his daddy's gift for him from mom and Kenny.
Here is the last gift of the morning. Amber and I took pictures of the kids and had it put onto a blanket for mom and Kenny. Doesn't it look so real? Mom cried and made me and Amber cry! It was a very emotional Christmas! Taylor? He just laughed! ha!

Christmas at The Bellamy's

We got to spend time with the Bellamy's this year since they had dinner on Christmas day. They had the same kind of swap as the Martins. I think they call it the Chinese Swap. I call it by where I am such as the martins or in this case the Bellamy Swap. Anyway, it was a lot of fun. I always enjoy watching people steal from others........until it happens to me! ha! In this picture we see Granny Bellamy standing up, Kenny next to her on the couch, Pooh, his wife Sandy, their son Justin and then Tamra.......
Here's Grayson sliding out from under the piano.

My cousin, Justin Bellamy, Brian in the background, Papaw Bellamy, and my mom.........I also see Graysons little head looking at Nana........

Granny Bellamy, my stepdad, Kenny and his brother Cranston or Pooh as we all call him.

Amber, Leon, my cousin, Adam Bellamy, me and Tamra

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Christmas Day

In between our stops to moms and the Bellamys we went to Mamaw Stapletons to see her for Christmas. I tried to get her to come with us but she refused. I'm just glad we got to see her!


Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve we always go to my mamaw and papaw martins to eat, open presents, play games, and mingle. This is a picture of my mom with her side of the family. From left to right we have my stepdad, Kenny, Amber's husband, Brian, Mom, Tamra, Amber, Grayson, Me, my stepson, Jared, Leon, and Taylor.
Here's my Mamaw martin and Taylor talking about the gloves she got him for Christmas.
AMber opening a card from mamaw and papaw martin.......that is leslie looking so exicted next to her! ha!
We play a game where we pass a present while there is music playing. When the musice stops whoever has the present tries to open it. As u can see Kendall was trying to open it while his wife, Shelley is trying to keep her distance! The men in our family can get pretty dangerous if you get to close to them. HA!
Perfect example! Look at Taylor trying to tear into it! I think Leon finally won in the end. We had a lot of fun!

My Family


Christmas at the Martins

We took individual pictures of each group of our family~. Here is the reason for the rest of the family, my mamaw and papaw! The beginning of this big family~!!
Siblings........Janice wasn't able to come for Christmas so it was just the three of them this year. (Gary, Barbara~my mom, and Kendall)
Siblings and their Parents. Notice papaw with this black glasses??!! He had recently had surgery on his eye and had to wear these glasses. On the 3rd they both go back and have surgery!
Grandchildren and Greatgrandchildren. Starting from the right and going to the left Amber, Jared, Grayson, Taylor, Jonathon, Leslie, Hannah, Tamra, Laken, and Me
The Martin Family. This is Gary's Crew! Gary, Leslie, Donna, Ashley, and Jonathon. Ashley is Jonathons girlfriend and they are missing Leslies husband, Brad, who is overseas in Iraq.....at least I believe that is where he is......can't remember exactly but I know he is serving overseas right now away from Leslie. Our prayers are with him and her as well......

Sunday, December 24, 2006

Christmas Eve

Jared opening his gifts from us on Christmas Eve. As a ritual the kids get to open one gift on Christmas Eve. Since Jared would only be here one day we let him open all of his gifts at once.
Here is Tamra and Taylor opening their first gift. Tamra opened a scrapbooking kit and Taylor opened a Spanish pocket translator for his Fly pen.

Awana Mart


Tamra had 60pts to use at the Awana Mart at Awanas wednesday night and she used them all to buy this big gumball machine.

Me and Amber


Christmas Party at School

Here's a picture of some of Tamra's classmates during their Christmas party. I think that is me in the white.........only I wasn't wearing white! ha! Just looks that way.
Must be finger licking good!!
Here is Tamra's friend Maggie.
And here is the reindeer cupcakes Maggie's Mom made for the class! (very cute!)

Grayson

Grayson came over and spent the night with us last sat. while his mom and dad went to a Christmas party. Here are a few pictures I took of him.


Thursday, December 21, 2006

Taylor and Sammy


Christmas Play

Tamra and her friend Maggie at their Christmas Play at school.

Doing a little hand movement........but who is doing the right one?? It seems the little girl in the back is doing something different! HA! Who knows??!!!

Merry Christmas From Taylor and Tamra




Monday, December 11, 2006

Christmas Photo

Tamra was all dressed up from church so I decided to try and get some pictures of her.

Mom doing what she does best

Here is my mom at her new job at the Lee County Vo-Tech. She teaches a Personal Grooming class on Thursday so I thought I would get a picture of her in action.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Harley Man!!

Look at this little ham! He is so cute! I saw this picture today at his daddy's classroom and I just had to have it! Amber hasn't given me any yet so I had to steal it off the net! HA! HA! There are more but I either have to wait to steal more or till I see Amber to get my own!

Monday, November 27, 2006

Taylor posing for me.
Tamra?
Here is Brian, Leon, Taylor, and Grayson after a meal at my Mom's on the 25th.
Here's poor GRayson reaching for his Mommy! We had a great time outside with the kids watching Grayson roll down the hill. It was really funny. I didn't get any shots of it with my digital camera but hope I did with my other camera. We will have to wait for those pictures however! ha!
Here's Grayson and Taylor acting silly while they are sitting on the ground looking up at us on Mom's deck.

Exciting Tree Excursion!

My StepDad had one of his workers come and move a tree from out of Mom's yard. I don't know if you can really tell how big this tree was but it was at least 20feet tall and perhaps taller! It was really beautiful but really overtaking the front yard. Mom had Kenny cut it down with the promise that it would be moved quickly! ha! (i'm sure)
WE were in the process of eating supper at Mom's when Jeff came to move the tree so it was like this really big deal for us to take pictures and watch it be moved. It only took about four minutes! How great was that! In this picture you can see where the tree use to be. It was too bad this tree couldn't have been moved somewhere else because it made a really beautiful christmas tree.

Thanksgiving at the Martins

This is a close up of my cousin, Alex, behind her is my aunt Shelley, next to her is my cousin Jonathon's girlfriend and next to her is Jonathon and at the end is my sister Amber. We had dinner at my Mamaw and Papaw Martin's. It was an great meal and good quality time with our family. My aunt Janice was in but as I just noticed I did not get a picture of her. I did however, get her daughter, Alex! ha!
Here is Grayson entertaining the whole family! He was quite comical. He is the youngest in the family so he gets all of our attention. Behind him you can see my cousin, Laken
Here is my mom and Amber trying not to pose for me! HA! I always have to take picture after picture to make sure mom's eyes aren't half closed or she's not acting crazy! ha!
Here Amber is trying to get some good lovin from Grayson...but notice where his eyes are focused! It's not on Mommy!