Christmas Eve With The Doerters

Christmas Eve night we spent
with my parents. We went
out to dinner and then came
back to their house. Emily and
Michael especially enjoyed
opening their gifts. I enjoyed
that too, but enjoyed Emily
reading "Twas the Night Before
Christmas" to all of us even more.

Here are some more pictures
from Christmas Eve.

I hot rolled Emily's hair for
church this morning hoping
the curls would hold. Boy did
she have some big hair at
first. She looked like she
came straight out of the 80's.

By Christmas Eve night, it
just had lots of body. I thought
it looked good though.

Here is some intense work.

What could it be?

Michael got a truck with
a helicopter on the back.

Cool!

Kenneth is looking pretty
excited about his new door
panels for his old Mustang.

Who know what else
he is in store for...a welder!
Just what he always wanted...
actually he did really want it!

Christmas Eve Celebration with the Joyners

All of The Joyners came
over to our house on

Christmas Eve and we had a

wonderful Christmas celebration

with them. Here are some of

the photos we took of the

various family groups.

Mema and her three
children: Fred, Kenneth
and Sherri.

Mema and the grandkids:

Emily, Matt and Michael.

Fred's family: Mema,
Matt and Kathy.

Here we are with Mema. She
gave them Big Wheels for
Christmas and they changed
clothes in order to go out
and ride them. They had a
ball tooling around the
driveway on them.

Richard and Sherri

Emily and Michael on their

Big Wheels. Look Out!

A few pictures before Christmas.....

These are just a couple of
pictures of the kids before
Christmas.

This is from Emily's Christmas
party at school. Her nose
blinked and she made quite
a hit with it and her shirt!
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This is a picture of Michael
opening a present from Uncle
John on the 23rd. Michael
was overjoyed because he is
all about the Power Rangers.

This is a picture from
Christmas Eve taken at
Mom's and Dad's house.
Can we say....excited!

My Gym Christmas Program

Last week My Gym held
their annual Christmas
performance for the Dance
and Gymnastics classes.

Emily did a really good
job and looked pretty good too.

Look at her working so hard
on her headstand. Notice
the pointed toes....

The finished product. Her
problem now is that she
can't hold it for but a few
seconds. That is a whole
lot longer than I could last.
I don't know your thoughts...
but this looks painful to me.

Getting ready to take a bow.

2nd Grade Program

On Monday the 2nd Grade at
Poplar Grove had a Christmas
program filled with singing,
dancing and storytime. All the
kids wore snowman sweatshirts
that they painted themselves.

They looked great!!!

Emily's class sang
Jingle Bell Rock. It was
adorable and very well done.

Emily and Mimi are dancing
the Reindeer Twist! The PE
teachers invited all the parents
down to do a little dancing. I
danced a bit, but mostly took
pictures! There is a method
to my madness!

More of the Reindeer Twist!

She sure can twist!

Emily and Michael with Santa

The kids got to go see

Santa a week ago. They

had a wonderful time with

him. They got to tell him

what they wanted for

Christmas. Let's wait and

see if they were really

good this year!

Mom's and Dad's House

This is a shot of Mom's and Dad's

home the night of their party.

The picture actually doesn't

do the house justice. It is just

beautiful!

Bath Laugh

My cousin in Kansas posted this
on her blog and I couldn't resist
sharing it. This is her daughter,
Ella, enjoying her bathtime.

Check out this link!

www.video.google.com/videoplay?docid=388011000817863042

Dee

Mom's puppy is quite the character.
I took some photos of her and
wanted to share them with you!

She was in the middle of
playing when I snatched
this photo. Isn't she cute!

This is the best illustration
I could show to prove that
she chews everything!

Franklin Christmas Parade

On December 2nd Emily, Michael

and I participated in the Franklin

Christmas Parade with out

TaeKwonDo Academy. It was lots of

fun even though it was very chilly.

We started the day with our
sparring clinic for Taekwondo.
I found out later that a sparring
helmet is not good for your hairdo.

Anyway, after the clinic we had
a quick bite of lunch and headed over
to the parade roundup. These area
few photos from the parade.

Emily and Michael ready to ride.

All the junior TaeKwonDo students.

Emily and Mackenzie...
they are in dance and
TaeKwonDo together.

During the parade!

Dressy Pictures

After Church a couple of Sundays

ago I took a few pictures. Thought

I'd share them with you.

I love this coat.
Isn't it scrumptious!

Michael with his cool pose.

Stephen's Birthday Party

Stephen turned 18 on November
28th. We were able to see him
for a bit during the Thanksgiving
weekend. Emily and Michael
couldn't wait to see their cousin.

Father and Son together again.
It has gotten much tougher for
John to get with Stephen since
moving to Little Rock. It was
great for everyone to get a
chance to visit.

We didn't have a cake so a plate
of cookies was substituted candle
and all. Emily helped to make
them and they were very tasty.

Our last home football game for 2006

We had a great weekend in
Knoxville after Thanksgiving.
We got to meet Star and visit
with Uncle John. Emily and
Michael have missed seeing him!

On our way to the game we
passed this bus and they had
their very own Smokey dog.
We had to stop and get a photo
taken with him. For those who
don't know he is a Blue Tick Hound.



Emily and Michael loved getting to
know Star. They got her to play
games with them and read books
with them. They had a great time.

Emily smiling for the camera.

Michael in his "I'm cool" look.