Miscellaneous Pictures

On the day that the kids

went to see Santa at the mall

they also got to meet a real

live astronaught. His name is

Hoot Gibson. It was lots of

fun to tell Daddy who we got

to meet and get their picture with.
Same day....we got to go

over to Mema's house and

visit her for a short time.

Took the opportunity to

grab a quick photo!

Emily and her classmates

all stood in front of this

cute Christmas tree at

school for a couple of

class projects. The tree

is made out of handprints!

What a unique idea!

Breakfast with Santa

Michael's school hosts

Breakfast with Santa every

year for the Kindergarteners.

It was so much fun! Could

this Santa look any more

perfect????
Mimi came and joined

us to eat breakfast.

Having just had gum

surgery, she did more

joining and less breakfasting!

Dicken's of a Christmas

Sunday we went to

downtown Franklin for

their annual "A Dicken's

of a Christmas" festival.

People walk around all

dressed up in Victorian

clothing and can buy

hot roasted chestnuts etc.

One of the many characters

walking up and down the

street. She had lollipops for

all the kids. Michael and

Emily couldn't wait to go

and see her!

Emily and Michael were

both given a penny from

Scrooge. Wow....big spender!

Visit with Santa

We got to go see Santa

on Saturday. Wow was

the line long! But it was

well worth the wait!

Michael looks like he is

bending Santa's ear.

We'll have to wait and

see if Santa has

thought he was a good

boy this year!

Check out the Joyner Elves!

Kenneth sent this to me this morning.
I cackled! Mom and John came looking
to see what it was all about.

Check us out!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1236423107

Name Game

My cousin Megan posted this on her blog

and I had to copy it to mine.

Enjoy my funky names. I personally like

my stripper name the best though my

Nascar name is a close second.

10. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME:

(mother & father's middle name) Jean Hughes

9. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your

mother's dad, fathers dad) George Carl

8. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters

of your last name, 2 letters of your first) Joyla

7. DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, fav animal)

Black Horse

6. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name,

city where you were born) Renee Loris

5. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink,

add "THE" to the beginng) The Purple Mountain Dew

4. FLY GIRL/GUY NAME: (1st letter of 1st name,

1st 3 letters of your last name) Ljoy

3. GANGSTA NAME: ( fav ice cream flavor,

fav cookie) Pralines 'n' Cream Chocolate Chip

2. ROCK STAR NAME: (current pets name,

current street name) Banner Love Clovercroft

1. STRIPPER NAME: (first pets name,

street name you grew up on) Mopsy Jefferson

POW WOW

Kindergarten has a program
every year before Thanksgiving
called POW WOW. Here is
Michael during the POW WOW.

First they did quite a few
songs with actions while
being Indians.

Then they had a play. Some
were Pilgrims and some Indians.
Michael was one of the Pilgrim
men. Every time they were
mentioned in the play they had
a line to recite. It was very cute!

Ms. Cooper's Kindergarten

class. She was also Emily's

teacher in Kindergarten.

This is Maggie. Michael calls

her his girlfriend. Wow, he

sure is starting early. Her big

brother, Tyson, is in Emily's

3rd grade class this year. They

haven't been in class together

since Kindergarten. Kind of

freaky!

Thanksgiving Photos

I got the kids dudded up

for Thanksgiving and sat

them in front of Mom's

copper tree. I thought they

were pretty good and wanted

to share them with you!

John, Starla and Johnny all
came down to Tennessee for
Thanksgiving. The drive was
long and I know my kids
think it was definitely worth
it. They couldn't wait for
them to get here!

Johnny came over to our house
on Friday and the kids had a
great time. I managed to get
them to sit still just
long enough for the picture!

Shopping in Chattanooga

Don't ask me what I was
thinking when I set up to
meet my girlfriend for our
annual shopping day on the
day before Thanksgiving.

I know I did it because that
was the best date for me
to make. Little did
I think about it being
the busiest shopping day
of the year.

Kaitlin got to see Santa.
That sure is one big smile!

All the kids enjoyed a
ride on a kiddie carousel
at the mall in Chattanooga.

Alexander was a good
sport with the younger kids.

Last of the backyard photos!

This is the maple tree in our

backyard. To bad the sky

wasn't a pretty blue to really

show it off! I got the kids out and took

some more photos. I thought

they turned out pretty good!

Does Michael have
attitude or what!

Ohhhhh How sweet.

To bad they aren't like

this all the time!

More Fall Pictures

These were taken in Mom's

backyard. Thought I'd share...

Fall Pictures

Here is the first of three

installments of some

backyard photos of the

kids and the fall color.
Emily, Michael and Banner,

our 13 year old greyhound.
Here they are with Love, our

14 year old poodle we inherited

from Nana. I don't think Love

thought being held by Emily

was the greatest thing.

I'm Back!!!

Having taken another leave

of absence from posting....I

am back with loads of pictures

to share.

Get Geady, Get Set and Post!

Halloween Party

A couple of weeks ago

the kids went to a Pony

Club Halloween party.

Everyone dressed up their

ponies and themselves. They

were very creative in doing so!

Here are my kids.... Michael the Air Force Pilot

and Peanut his airplane.

We worked long and hard

on trying to figure out those

wings! Whew...they worked!

Witch Emily and Witch Rain.
To bad Rain's should be
witch with a capital B!
She doesn't like other ponies
getting to close to her. See the
red ribbon tied in her tail? That
is to let all the other pony riders
that she is a kicker. I tried to
get the biggest and reddest one
I could find!

This is Michael competing

in one of the games. Your

team had to move as much

"Brains" as they could from

one bucket to the other.

Michael's team won!

Gymnastics Class

Just wanted to share some

upside down pictures of Emily.

Got to remember to tell her

to take off those white panties!
She is good about

pointing those toes!

This is the goodbye cheer

at the end of the class with

her teacher, Ms. Stacy.

Ghouls at Grassmere

On Sunday night we went to
the Zoo in Nashville. It is located
at a historic home from 1810
called Grassmere. Every October
the zoo hosts a wonderful
event for the kids to come and
trick or treat safely.

Princess Emily and Air
Force Fighter Pilot Michael.

At the entrance we met
a couple of Ghostbusters!
Frankie joined us for the
night and we got pictures
with the guys and the ghosts!

The zoo has a great carousel
and Emily just had to ride
the giraffe. She did change
animals once she learned the
giraffe didn't actually go up
and down.

Michael on a black
bear. They both had
a great time on the ride.

Here are the kids posing
at one of the many photo ops.
Frankie was a Transformer.

Last Game of the Season

Michael played his last game
of the Franklin Fall Ball league
on Saturday. The boy sure
does love him some baseball!!!

Michael doesn't want to play
in the outfield so he'll run out
first and get the position he
wants. He got to play pitcher
during the first inning. It is
actually coach pitch, but they
put in someone at the position
of pitcher to play defensively.

Michael is Baseball Ready!

Michael got a new bat for his
birthday. It may be a little
long for him, but he loves it
anyway. He'll grow into it
someday. Today he smacked
the ball and Mom caught it
just after impact.

Looking from 2nd base
onto 3rd. Ready to run!

Big smiles for Mom at
3rd base. It helps when
Mom yells "Michael...smile!"

Granny and Grandaddy

Granny and Grandaddy took a
weekend excursion down to visit
with my parents in Naples. They
had a great visit with Mom, Dad
and Flat Michael. If anyone has
ever read the story "Flat Stanley"
you will appreciate Flat Michael
all the more. For those of you who
haven't read it, Michael made a
flat version of himself and put it
in the mail to go on various
trips. So far he's been to Knoxville,
Gloversville, Naples, Dollywood and
a UT football game. Quite an
exciting life for the little guy!

Granny and Grandaddy on
the deck at Mom's and Dad's
condo in Naples. Flat Michael
got to have his picture taken too.

I love this picture of Granny
and Grandaddy overlooking the
Gulf. Can you feel the Gulf
breezes? I know I can!