To: My children, family, friends, strangers and my Tall man. I love you!
Our Jackson-Gray 5
Buttercup, Pockets, T-Mak, Berrit and M

Miss Daisy, daughter of Miss Tibbie

Miss Tibbie

Ginger Bread Cookie, Miss Emmie's gift from Santa. She is now potty trained. Loves to chew and listen to my music on the turntable. Favorite thing is the Swiffer duster hand wand fluff. Odd

Jason: good looking, loves the snow, he shoveled the snow pile that the kids are sitting on. loves me!

My Magical Snow!

I have always loved snow. It was a gift for me to go home for Christmas and have it snow. The snow has always been little white treasures from heaven for me. It always reminds me of my Mothers Christmas cabin, running from the old french doors barefoot around a tree and back, Orange Snow slush, my Father building a fire in the basement long ago and much more. My memories are so treasured.

My nephews and niece had played with me in the snow. It was fabulous. I got to learn a lot about these tater tots more just by hanging out with them in their environment. A few of the kids did not know the true way of building a snowman. There is an art to this. Ya sure whatever, anyways Uncle Jason sure helped out. There would have been no way we could have lifted those big - o - snow ball body pieces and put them together. Thank you Uncle Jason and thank you kiddies for playing. Emily should have been in this picture but she went inside f.or a warm up and coca.

My Magical Snow!!!

KENLY: good aim great climber and fast runner. Makes great ice snow balls! ouch

Tim: good aim, sneaky quick, silent runner and his special trait was Silent Surprise bombs in face!

Brenton: master of the snow, quick to throw, long and short range, his plus was sliding on the snow like ice as he flew the ball in the air. He was everywhere.

Miss Emily: She made a snow angel before I got my camera. Sorry. Emily fluffed snow in the air at anyone who came near her. But she was aiming towards her Auntie Jill like the rest of the crew. Her speciality was screaming. I always knew where she was.

Miss Auntie Jill: Crazy dresser, bad snowball thrower, fan of the snow, crazy for my nephews and nieces. Thanks for playing with me. Auntie Jill loves you!

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This month is such a special one it's Birthday time for you!!!!!

Happy Happy Birthday Austen !!
THE BIG 13

My son is tuning 13 this week and I thought this month I would talk about him. I suppose do a Mommie brag -a- bout. I just can't believe he is already a real teen. Whew!

Austen is leading his Tae Kw on Doe mates in a sparring drill during testing. Austen is now a Yellow belt and is currently recovering from a foot sore but should be returning in a few months. Austen loves TKD and likes to teach his little sister Emmie how to do it. She loves to learn from him. He has great potential to do great things in life. Auttie is so amazing and kind. We love him and has a mommie he is my world.
Austen Is growing so robust. He loves that he is looking and getting stronger. He sings in the shower and likes to smell oh so yummy. He is quite a charmer. He gets many compliments at church on how nice he looks in his suite. Very few young men sport a suit. Austen just this morning was telling me that he is preparing for his mission and they will need to wear a suit all the time. He also said that he needs to catch more sleep because missionaries don't sleep.

Bitty Clowns

1997: Austen is almost 2 yrs and Amber is 3 yrs. Are these little tater tots soooo cute or what!!! How time really does fly. I have always loved the crazy day of Halloween. Growing up I remember my mothers sewing machine, rick - rack, sequins, ribbons and mounts of material scraps draping the kitchen chairs and the one stray straight pin that finds its way into my fathers foot. Och! Poor Daddie. We would always hide or loose eye contact when that would happen. I have always been grateful to my mother for her time in giving to us kids with her talents. I have learned from her and think of it as a gift to be able to instill them in my home and in doing so have have made new and kept old traditions.

I made these festive costumes one rainy week in October and just thought I was so cool. I even made one for myself. I have had a clown tradition ever since with me anyways.