Christmas Time

This marks our second Christmas together as a married couple!  Christmas time has always been so special to me because I love family time.  This year was no exception!  It's easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of buying gifts, but when you are a poor young married couple, you don't have to worry so much about that!  This year we successfully spent quality time with three different families.  Here are some of the holiday pictures!

I love this picture of my parents!

Jacob with his brother Joseph

Heather, you and I look alike in this picture..FINALLY

My mom's mantle display!

As papa says, "y'all look like sisters"

Christmas morning pictures

I love this picture because you can see all of the snow outside with the Christmas tree inside!

This was the South's first white Christmas since 1882!  My mom went to bed at 4 AM and it was still raining.. and I was the first one up!  I was so shocked that I screamed!

                                     

Christmas morning with the Sampsons

The slingshot monkey

Good ol' Uncle Hebron

Oh Christmas Tree...

Self Defense Class

Christmas night with the Queens!

Leaving Bill and Pam's... how spoiled are we?!



It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!

Christmas is almost here! My countdown is now in the single digits!  I can't wait to spend quality time with our families.  We have already spent some good quality time with family that we don't see very often! Here are a few pictures of the BUSY weekend... and at the end is my Christmas gift from Joseph!

Pam's family came to stay in the cabins at Lefleur's state park for their Christmas get-together.  These are a few of the pictures

Pam's Dad, Papa Bear

Pam and her neice Shana

Joseph and Mr. Bill

Playing Taboo

Brooks gave Papa Bear a new MSU hat

Papa and Ms. Betty

505 Christmas Party

Good Friends

Kristen and Kristen

Canton's City of Lights

   

Joseph got a new site for his bow and got it restrung finally!

My Christmas present is an old door that I bought a year and a half ago for FIVE dollars!  Joseph turned it into a coffee table!! It's beautiful!!!

Some of my Christmas decorations



Half Marathon

After ten weeks of training we finally finished our first half marathon!  Our small group trained together and finished!! It felt like such an accomplishment because last Spring, I could not even run one mile!!  So, that is inspiration for anyone who thinks that they can't do it!  We were also apart of a team formed by my aunt and uncle called The Natural Killer Cells because those are the cancer fighting cells in the body.  Here are a few pictures!!

Carb loading Friday night!!

Friday night on Beale Stree after dinner!  Look at our beautiful group!

There were THOUSANDS of runners!  This is at mile three and everyone still looks pretty good!

Joseph crossing the finish line

He finished in 1:48!

After the Race!!