Friends….Christmas 2009

Our annual Lake/Hunting Friend Christmas party was held at our house this year.  It was so much fun.  We loved decorating, cooking, and preparing for the bash!  My trees are all up….

The “everything” tree:  Has all the kids ornaments from over the years.  Also our ornaments that we’ve collected from vacation spots and interesting themes.

The Snowman Tree:  I LOVE snowmen!  I have a huge collection of snowmen ornaments.  I get really cute ornaments from students every year..  a lot of them are snowmen.

The Razorback Tree:  Any house in Arkansas is not complete without  a collection of Razorback ornaments and lights!  This is a smaller tree, but the collection is growing!

The Hunting Tree:  With boys in my house that hunt all the time, it’s only fitting that one tree in the house is for the great outdoors!

We had to move around some furniture to have enough room for tables and chairs for everyone.

Mama, Ann, and I all have the same Christmas dish pattern, so combining our sets gave me enough for the whole party!  Notice the little stockings for the utencils?  Mama made those for me!  Aren’t they cute?

We set up the drink, appetizers, and dessert table outside…Chip was “watching the fire” for me.  Fire pit was very important!  Baby, it’s cold outside! 

This is our redneck fire pit….can you figure out what it’s made from?  :)  Those holes in the side really put out a lot of heat!

Our menu for that night was Grilled pork loin, hashbrown casserole, green beans, corn on the cob, salad and rolls.  AND LOTS of desserts!

Here I am…the hostess with the mostest!  he he

Here’s Bitty and her annual gorgeous Christmas cake!

Here’s my buddies…well, Sudie's not there yet. 

The guys hanging out by the fire….

Heather and Jessica

Hunter, Nash, Dalton, and Hastin

 

The boys are ready to eat!

Everyone filling their tummys!

 

Bitty and Neal…..Josh had a gig the night before in Nashville, so he didn’t make it back to Magnolia in time for the party…Missed you, Josh!

Lynn, Joe, and Heather

Jessica and Lyndon

Lyndon, Jessica, Clint, Sylvia, and Chip

Clint, Jessica, Sylvia, and Chip

Chippy! 

Jake, Sudie, Dalton, and Nash

 

   Braydon, Hastin, Marla, Hunter, and Steve

Then we opened gifts…

 

enjoyed each other’s company..

 

and played a little country rock band on the WII

 

 

 

 

We had a blast!  Love these people!

Bill Bill’s Birthday

Today is my father-in-law’s 78th birthday!  We celebrated with a little cake and ice cream at the deer camp.  (Had to go down there because the men-folk are restricted from coming into town this week…..:)  It being opening week of gun season and all….

We affectionately call Bill Weldon, Bill Bill.  Everyone does it now…the kids grandfather name for him has been adopted by anyone he meets these days.  Bill Bill killed him a nice little 8 point buck yesterday….guess that was a “pre” birthday gift!  Chip has those pictures on his camera, so I’ll get them on here later. 

Here’s Bill Bill with his birthday cake.

Jackie and Bill Bill

We got him a sweat shirt…

  

Opening his gifts.

He got lots of neat gifts and cards.

Happy Birthday, Bill Bill!

Too Cute to Spook!

Our little trick or treaters were so very cute this year! 

Emily and Marley

 

Hunter (Gorilla) and Jessica

  

Gracyn (Strawberry Shortcake)

  She was having a bad day…..

Natalie (clown) and Addison (Hershey’s Kiss)

 

The girls hanging out with “Tint”

Mali even had her costume on!  Cutest little witch!!

Jessica’s Pumpkin Creations

I have a few more pictures of more jack o lanterns that Jess made…

 

The Razorback is my favorite!

 

My Dys”fun”ctional Family – A Halloween to Remember

Last night was Jake’s and Sudie’s annual Halloween Party.  True to form, the Weldon Family showed up dressed and ready to party!  Chip was Cheech? Chong? Lefty? Poncho? …something of that sort!  He was so funny because as soon as the hat and poncho went on he talked with an accent!  It was like he couldn’t stop!  Hilarious!!!  I dressed as a witch.  Wicked?  Don’t know about that….ask my students.  LOL.  I missed winning the best female costume contest by one point!  Guess I should have voted for myself!  Clint was 50 Cent, the rapper.  His costume was a t-shirt that had two quarters tapped to is chest with 9 red, bloody gunshot holes in his shirt (as 50 Cent was shot 9 times in the past).  He even had a “grill” for his teeth!  Jessica was cute school girl ( a little naughty I guess….don’t think that skirt would have passed the finger length test).  Lyndon was the “nerd” of the school…guess he got lucky getting a date with Jess?  :)  He was totally in character too…He walked around like that all night!  He won the best male costume!

My eyelashes were feathers…pretty effective!  They were fun, but I was very happy to get home to get them off!  They were so heavy!

  I loved Chip’s face when he got home yesterday….he had no idea that I was dressing up…He was shocked!  Clint’s grill looks like he has a mouth full of silver caps!

How does Jessica manage to look so beautiful even in a Halloween costume?

The nerd was so nerdy that he carried a spare pair of glasses in his pocket, in case the other pair broke!  Talk about coke bottle!!!  I could not stop giggling every time I saw him last night.

I guess Bubba Neal has been working as the electrician too long…he really needs to get off that construction site and clean up…and see a dentist!  Bubba has a cute date, though!  Guitar Bitty knows how to put together a costume!!

Here’s the winner of the best female contest:  Michael Jackson….complete with dangling baby.  Leigh definitely deserved to win!  Too cute!  I told her the only thing that was missing was her I.V. pole and bag!  (excuse me Michael, I guess that was disrespectful!) 

and we couldn’t have Michael at our party without a little moon-walking, now could we?  Poor Blanket, I guess he was getting his dancing lessons?

Here’s Jake and Sudie…He was Tom Cruise from “Risky Buisness”…I could NOT believe he ran around there all night in his whitey tighties….it was forty degrees!!!  lol  He even was complete with his trophy pretend microphone!

Here’s a few more of my favorites of the night….

 

Beer Brad…He can make double use out of this costume…as the night went on his bottle top leaned to the side….It looked just like Gumby from the back!  LOL

Cowgirl Amy

   The Hippies…straight from Woodstock!   I told Jesse that this was NOT my favorite, but I had to put this in here to let my Louisiana cousins know that their LSU coach showed up at our party!  :) (He’s from LA, so I guess I’ll forgive him)

Clay brought Strawberry Shortcake..Keeton (that’s her real hair!)

Where’s Scooby?  Guess it was the mystery of the night, so they were there searching!!!

  

Richard Simmons came to the party with one of his (her?) lol Sweatin' To the Oldies dancers…..(NOT her real booty!)

Bumble Bee…..is Michael trying to give away his baby?  :)

and we what party would be complete without a little dancing?

Is that Tom Cruise dancing with Richard Simmons?????  Hummmmm….who knew????  :)

Dressing up is always so much fun!  I love to see all the different things our friends can come up with!