'tis the season...to be SO jolly!

Ian Nickolas laughs SOOOO much!!!

~Thanksgiving~

i only got a few snaps of Thanksgiving...

**thanks morgan for the apron! love it!**

it's coming!!....

...a post!
hello my friends!!
there is always a post like this..
i think i do it once or twice a month! =)
sorry for the lack of updating!
have you all ever heard of busy?
well, that's my middle name this month!
i have tons of things to do right now, and
i'm sorry to say "blogging is not on the list
at this very second."
well, pics are on the camera and thoughts
are in my head...
love to all this season!
~Ali~

thoughts~

"When you go through deep waters,
I will be with you..."
Isaiah 43:2

Strength:

Yesterday Adam wanted me to draw a "temporary
tattoo"..=) He went online and found this symbol..
So, I had to draw it on one of triceps.

Chinese symbol for strength:

It was an ink pen, so it will wash off.....i hope! jk =)
So, how do you think i did drawing it free-handed???

..and so it begins!!!!

The Patriot Varsity Boys made a big time showing to everyone
in attendance at the Collegedale Jamboree.
The team started off with a win over CAYA in the first
game Saturday, knocked off the Atlanta Adventist Academy,
then capped off the evening with a win over the CAYA JV Team.
The Patriots started off the day Sunday where they left off,
beating the Georgia Cumberland Academy,
then off to a decisive victory over Battlefield Adventist.
Defense was the key to all five wins, with
the largest points allowed being 52.
The Junior Varsity Patriots gained experience
going head to head with all these teams, and ended the
day with confidence, upsetting the Atlanta team
in their final game. One common theme of the weekend
was how disciplined, well trained, and great attitudes
all of our players displayed during the jamboree.
The coaching staff and the parents left Collegedale
encouraged about our program.
To God be all the glory! GREAT JOB PATRIOTS!!!!!
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!

14 Facts about our Fam.

OK, so here's the deal....
Lots people have "Tagged" me,
and it's taken me thus long to finally
write something about us.....Sorry,
to all those who have in the past!
Well, at least I'm doing it now, right?
So here ' goes!

1.) We all love Italian food!
2.) Braydon and Bob eat sour cream by the finger fulls!
3.)Whenever we put our phone on the charger we call it the "hook."
4.) Our traditional movie snacks are popcorn and Twizzlers!
5.) Sleep is a major role for us who inherited the gene from our dad....which is all of us!
6.) My brothers think "Blogging" is a time-waster.
7.) We started the Chattanooga Home School Basketball teams.
8.) We always watch college football on Saturdays!
9.) Adam, Aaron, and I love to watch the "Rocky" movies.
10.) Some people in our fam. dislike big crowds of people. (except during bball games)
11.) NONE of us like cats!! (Except maybe B&B)
12.) The dinner table is where we always tell funny things
that happened during the day. (my fav.!)
13.) We're all pretty close to each other. (what we don't know now, we'll find out later!)
14.) I personally hate it when people use abbreviations! =)

~Well, there you have it!~

All is Vanity!

The words of the Preacher, the son
of David, king of Jerusalem.
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
What does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?
A generation goes, and a generation
comes, but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises, and the sun goes down,
and hastens to the place where is rises.
The wind blows to the south
and goes around to the north;
around and around goes the wind,
and on it's circuits the wind returns.
All streams run to the sea,
but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow
there they flow again.
All things are full of weariness;
a man cannot utter it;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear with hearing.
What has been is what will be,
and what has been done
is what will be done,
and there is nothing new
under the sun. Is there a thing
which is said "See, this is new"?
It has been already in the
ages before us.
There is no remembrance
of former things, nor will
there be any remembrance
of later things yet to be among
those who come after.

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

Fun with Ry-Ry

Bob was checking out the smell of the donut....
Baby E enjoying his time out of doors =D
Braydon wanted in on the action of the film

When Ryan said "smile" Bob decided to be comical,
that is his second nature. He acts like someone else I know

Even Ry-ry gets a little crazy every now and then.

Happy Birthday!!!

To: our cousin Matthew!
Who is turning "3"

And....

To: our Mom!
Who is turning the big "4-0"

~We love you both!!!~

How can it be??

He's getting too big, too fast!!!!!

thoughts~

"But blessed are those that put their trust in the Lord
and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
They are like trees planted along a riverbank...."
Jeremiah 17:7&8

Baby Bumblebee...

Campin' Out..

Last weekend, my dad took all the younger
boys out to camp! They had fun, and Bob
and Braydon looked so cute in their camping
clothes!!!

Notice the air mattress in the tent! =)
I was surprised their wasn't an extension chord
out there! jk

his mohawk days are long gone....

~The Pumpkin Patch~

We had a lot of fun going with all our little cousins!
Everyone who goes there remembers
the giant slide! And you older people
can say what you want, but you know you
have fun whenever you go there!
(including my brother Aaron=)

now it's official!

..he's ours!

"FIREPROOF" the movie

This is a must see movie!!

David & I went to see it, and the next night I took Ali.
Take your kleenex!!!!!!

www.fireproofmymarriage.com


TO GOD BE THE GLORY