Christmas 2009

Todd and I had an absolutely wonderful time in Missouri and Oklahoma! We did not get to see everyone we had hoped to see, but our days were packed full of events, love, and good times. To go into detail about everything that happened and what we did, would be a huge blog, so here are some pictures to get some of the details.

Shane, Rachael and Baby Elsie Mae! Elsie's first Christmas! She is so precious to us.


Dad Ferguson and his new girlfriend Debbie. The Ferguson Christmas was held in OK at Shane and Rachael's house. It was so much fun. Ben brought his new girlfriend and so did Clarke. The family is expanding especially with cute little Elsie who stole all the attention, and made some bank with the Christmas Gifts!

Uncle Todd with his new niece Elsie Mae Ferguson.

Elsie is almost a month old here. What a great early Christmas present that God gave Shane and Rachael. I had to take a few pics during our stay in Oklahoma.

Grandma Mac celebrates her 74th Birthday with a Surprise Birthday Party! My mom and her baby sister, Bonnie "pulled the wool over her eyes" as a group of over 50 friends and family gathered together to celebrate with Mac. Cake, candles, flowers, balloons, candies, punch, cards, and presents made this day super special for Grandma. She couldn't stop talking about how we surprised her and how special she felt at her party.

Grandma Mac blowing out the candles...with a little help from her Granddaughter Crystal! Oh my sister is so funny.


A different kind of Family Photo! How fun to take a picture with my brother's kids. Logan is 3 and Emma is almost 1. What a great Family Photo.


Mom and Dad Walls! We love and miss you! "Home is where my mom is!"

The Walls Family Photo. Can I just say that we were freeeeezing. From left. Papa Glen, Emma, Mema Cleea, Rance, Logan, Elizabeth, Todd, Paige, Haley, and Crystal.

What a long but short trip. Never has 2 weeks flow by so fast in my life. We love and miss our family every day. Merry Christmas!

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I had every intention of blogging yesterday, however I started to get a sore throat so I headed to bed early.
And when I woke up by little sore throat was a really bad sore throat. I was blessed by not being scheduled to work today! Sleeping in and gargling salt water and spraying Chloraseptic was not on my agenda. I was suppose to go hang out with Sally and her family. She is my friend that I worked with in Springfield at Bolivar Insulation. They are celebrating Thanksgiving at her dad's in Alabama and she was going to drive a couple hours down to see me. (such a good friend) I hated having to call her to cancel (I don't want to pass this bug around), so I will have to drop in on her when I'm up that way to make it up to her!
On another note. I was also planning on baking some Cranberry Pumpkin Bread. It's a Dad Ferguson tradition...or one of his many specialties around the holidays. Look I even had Todd pick me up some Cranberries! When I get to feeling better I will make the bread, I would hate to contaminate it with my sickness. lol

The curiosity was killing me. I have never bit into a cranberry before. And now I can say I have and I ate it like a woman. Maybe my sore throat has killed most of the taste buds, but it was tangy and bitter but surprisingly better than I thought it would be.

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We were able to hang out with a few friends last night. It was a lot of fun with lots of laughs.

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The first Christmas present is officially wrapped! Do you like my cinnamon sticks as accent pieces, oh yeah, I'm "that" creative! As Todd and I start to realize that Thanksgiving is this WEEK and the next week we are in Missouri; panic, anxiety, and lists begin to fill up our days. We are so blessed to be able to fly home for the Holidays, or as we like to call it a late Thanksgiving and super early Christmas with a touch of Birthdays! Thank you Lord for the time you are giving us with our family!

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I stole this picture of Elsie Mae from Shane and Rachael's Blog. I couldn't help myself. A proud Aunt has to show off the new addition to the family!!! If you ask me, Elsie is just as perfect as could be. I can't wait to meet her and hold her and kiss on her. This is me getting antsy for Dec 4!!

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Inside the box of leaves was a small little USB drive that has tons of pics of my family. This one made me laugh. I could only imagine all of us jumping into a pile of leaves thinking it would be a "soft" landing! Knowing Logan he probably laughed, Eliz through a pile of leaves on his head, and he ran out of the pile to jump again! I sure do miss these kids and all their laughter! Thanks Eliz for the pics.

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What a great surprise! My niece and nephew playing in the leaves in this small little box! This was mailed to me and I received it today! so excited! I bet Logan had some fun putting all the leaves in that box. Emma probably put a few in her mouth! Thanks kids! I do miss the piles of leaves!