I HEART LIFE!

Today is SUCH a great day! Ashley comes home Monday for a whole entire week! I've taken the week off work, so I can enjoy every second of every moment my whole family will be together.

She put this picture on her Facebook the other day, which I LOVE...

She's smiling with her eyes!

We're debating on whether to put the Christmas Tree up or not. Not sure...I REALLY don't want to look at it for another 2 months. Last year, we kept it up till late February waiting on Ash to come home so we could have Christmas. We could do that again too...we'll see.

OH...we got a new "Throne" yesterday....it's PUSH BUTTON!

Have you EVER!

Anyways, it works, doesn't leak and is shiny!

I also want to put a plug in for my Cousin that's running for a House seat in Cheyenne, Wy.

If ya'll live there, go vote for him!

What else is making me be in a great mood this morning....OH...I get to go back to Wal-Mart today..that ALWAYS makes me happy! I like Big Lots too, but Wal-Mart is like home to me! (sad, I know!)

Courtney has been loving all things horsey! Dillon's family has several horses and have a ranch with an arena and all kinds of horse stuff. (I don't know ANYthing about horses, except they have 4 legs and Mr. Ed could talk.) Anyways, Court loves going over there and having Dillon's poor Mama teach her all about them.

I don't have any pictures I've taken of Britt lately since her Halloween party the other night. She HATES having her picture taken when she's not fixed up. Since she's been living at the gym lately trying to lose those few more pounds, she's not fixed up alot...but still beautiful!!!

That's it for the moment...you KNOW I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel for something to blog about when I put pictures of the commode on here! ha

Have a great day!!!

Sunday!

Last night Britt went to a costume party and was she EVER dressed up!

She looked fantastic!

She finally let me take a pic of her! She is SOO beautiful!

So, today, Courtney went "Sorting". It's something you do on a horse OR mule and it involves cows or something. Not sure.

Here she is doing it tho...

That's just amazing to me!

Anyways, gotta go cook supper....

have a wonderful afternoon-

Joan

SATURDAY!!!

I know I had promised to update yesterday, but I awoke to Courtney informing me I had to go to a 3-4 hour long orientation at our local college. It ended up taking almost all day, then I went to the mall with Britt so she could get some MAC make-up, then went with Court to get some supper. OMG.

So, today is MY DAY. Well, maybe. It's just me and Court home today since Mike and Britt are both working. It's ALways scarey when Court and I are home together. She hates to go anywhere alone, so I'm usually her side-kick when all else fails. That's bad news for any house work getting done. : )

So...since I posted last, we have been back to Hiawassee!

Here is Court performing with Showtime International.

Here is another...

Here is Court singing with Kari and Taylor...

Here she is signing autographs....

Here is Mike doing a sound check with Court's mic...

and lastly...here is Dad entertaining the crowd before the show!

HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

That's it for that! We had a great time, Court met tons of new fans and she can't WAIT to get back up there in July!

Sooo...yesterday, i went with Court to the orientation, as I mentioned before and ya'll KNOW I had to sneak a pic in of her doing something...

here she is REGISTERING FOR HER FIRST COLLEGE CLASSES....EVER!!!!

She was sooo proud of herself and we are very proud of her. She plans to go into Radiology. I think that's great and the pay is fantabulous!

And...i do have a few more pics of Ashley....

Here she is (left) with her room-mate in their apartment...WITH Courtney's belt on, I am told.

Here was one of her Facebook profile pics she used, which is totally her. See how she smiles with her eyes too! We miss her like crazy!

That's about it for today. I don't have one single pic of Britt to add because she either won't let me take her pic, or wasn't there for me to get a picture. She's working today, so I can't get a pic, but I'm SURE Court will!

Have a great day everyone! More soon!

joan

more Friday

Dad pointed out to me yesterday that I haven't updated in a few day on here. We have been so incredibly busy these past two weeks, it's just mind-altering!

We've been back to Hiawassee twice, had the house re-roofed and I've worked every single day we weren't away. Our house was re-roofed last Wednesday and I've only seen it in the daylight for 3 minutes!

OHHHHH...Ashley comes home the first week of November for a whole 5 days!!!!! WOOOO-HOOOOO! i asked her last night what did she want to eat while she's home and she said PINTO'S AND CORNBREAD! That's my girl!!!!!

Anyways...i'm FINALLY OFF WORK ON FRIDAY! So, I'll post then.

I have a guitar lesson today and I haven't TOUCHED my guitar since last week!

Have a great, un-eventful day everyone!

Joan

Pawn Shop

We finally got to the pawn shop today and it's JUST like stepping back in time to about 50 years ago.

Here is Court sitting and picking with the guy that owns it...

then a few more people came in, picked up guitars and started....

I changed the effects to sepia because it just fits.

More soon!

Joan

Georgia Mountain Festival 2010

We're here! It's soooo pretty here and the leaves are just beginning to change. In another couple of weeks, they'll be gorgeous!

Last night, we went to the fair grounds and saw T.G. Sheppard, Janie Fricky (or however you spell it) and John Connelly. It was a good show. Court also sang!

and so was Elvis!!!

Court sang with the incredible house band....

I've posted all my pics from last night here...

http://picasaweb.google.com/108807920401714329726/HiawasseeFall2010#

I'll be taking alot more other-than-concert pics today.

Hope everyone is having a good start to the weekend!!!

Joan

Georgia BOUND!

Today, we're headed to Hiawassee, Ga for the weekend and Dad, I will be posting LOADS of photos, so stay tuned!

Darrell.... Silker and Papa won't be going so they can be nearer Harold and Caren, in case they can help. He's doing good tho! Your brothers and sisters are the best!

Court's taking her laptop, so I can post photos!

More soon from God's Country!!

Joan

Nutter Update

Welp! I haven't updated in a few days because I have nothing to post, except more of the same! Actually, I do have a few pictures to post taken by the girls.

Everyone is doing fine and I also want to say here that Harold, who was hospitalized recently, is doing much better. I don't have any pictures to add of him here, because I haven't seen him. BUT, my Granny-in-law assures me he looked good and still has his sense of humor!

SOOOO...Court has taken a few pictures lately of stuff....

Here is Court and Dillon's Bassett, Fred...

Here is Court riding, which Dillon's Mother has been so wonderful teaching her how to do...

Court will be performing in Hiawassee, Georgia next week with her old group, Showtime International. Here is a pic of her practicing with them (dress rehersal)...

This next pic is a possible publicity photo for the show...not sure yet...

and here is my most FAVORITE picture taken of her. Actually, it was a group shot, but with my superior, creative eye, i spotted it immediately!

She looks EXACTLY like her MOTHERRRRRRRRRRRRRR! ha

I have absolutely NO pics of Britt to put on here! She hasn't taken any of herself, I haven't taken any of her or Mike. She is currently in a mad dash to lose just a few more pounds to get started with the Air Force process. She looks fantabulous and i will sneak a pic of her today. She HATES her picture being taken!

Ashley, on the other hand, LOVES her picture being taken.

Here is Ash and her room-boat-mate, Sarah...

When Ash came back last week from her latest patrol, this is how her truck greeted her...

A load of her friend boys came over and took care of it and her!

Here is a picture of her and Sarah doing who knows what...

This next pic was taken on her boat. It's Ash and some of her friend girls on her ship...

There are tons and tons more pics, but I can't put them all on here. I'm trying to get her to put all her photo's in one spot IN HER SPARE TIME. right.

That's all for he moment! Guitar lesson day, so I gotta go practice!

More soon-

Joan