Way toooo Much !!

We have got way to much going on,,
And since I left you last with the bad news of another death,
I wanted to share this with you,


I am not one to take pictures of a funeral,or at a funeral,but I could'nt past this up,
This brought some peace to the family,
Kevin worked for a company called Diverse Power,it is our electricity company for the county.
He had been there almost 5 years & loved it,
It is very hard to get in,& work for this place.
Well on last monday we had visitation from 6-8, but so many people came we did not leave till 9;30.His mom, dad & brothers stood in line for 4 hours.
On tues,was the funeral & they wanted a private one, so only a few was aloud to come,
We went to the funeral home first & then to the cemetery,
When we got there it was such a blessing,
About 20 of the men that worked with him was there,
They had a bucket truck on each side of the drive way with the lifts up,crossed eachother ,
& they all was standing in the rain,with their hands over their heart,
During the funeral it was very humbling to see this grown men ,(that we always see as Mr Strong) cry like babies,& that they would take time off from their job,to show what real men they are.Some of this men I've known for about 15 years & never knew they had it in them.
This is a picture as we was leaving,while they was letting the lifts down.


Thank you ,Lord for Friends that can help a family in time of need,




***We are going to miss you Kevin,***



Now to some what ? catch up on my posting..NOT.
The day after Thanksgiving every year we go & get our Christmas tree,
from the Christmas tree farm that is about 10 min,from our house,





This is something we do everyyear ,we dont let the kids go off
or plan anything this day,as you can tell Me &Jim love & the kids think they are to old for it,,:o)





Then sometime the next few days ,(when I get all the boxes out)
We decorate while The Polar Express is in the dvd player,








Poor Dog!!





And then I fix hot choc & we finish the movie,
because you cant watch polar express without hot choc,RIGHT??





HOW DOES IT LOOK?



So for now ,our Christmas get togethers start to happen the weekend after Thanksgiving.
Our first was Jims Sunday School class party,After we ate,All of us ladies put together the fake tree at church,





While the men played around, :o)
the next night we had our ladies get together for church ,I did not get to go because of the death,so I have no pictures. But they had a good time :o)





This past Sunday,each of our kids teachers had their class parties, between church times, Karen (cheyennes teacher) ask us to go along to help get them all there.
We had 6 boys ,6 girls..

We took them all back to her house after eating,
Look how sweet those girls are, (ha ha)..



So for now we just been trying to get shopping done,
Get to all the get togethers,
We have 4 this weekend,
The Cofields,The Butlers,The Churchs, & the Christmas play.
Next week we have ,2 as of now.

Please pray for the Butlers, saturday is not going to be the same without Kevin.
its still a shock to this whole family,

Merry Christmas to each of you, from The Butlers ,in Franklin Ga,..
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Once again...

Once again , there has been a death in our family,on the Butlers side.
The 5th since september,
But this one is the most shocking of all,
Jims cousin 33 Kevin Jones, killed himself sometime thursday afternoon,
Please pray for this family, Aunt Cheryl & Uncle Lowell are not doing good,
Aunt Cheryl has lost a brother-n-law, grandmother, mother & now her baby son,
all since the middle of september.
The whole family is taking it pretty hard,
He has 2 boys 5 & 10,they need the most prayers of all.
The funeral will be tomorrow,

Thank Yall for your Prayers,,,

Last night was troup countys,Christmas parade.
I dont know what number this makes,I just know I been going since I was about 12 are so,LONG TIME! But we go every year,we always have some to sit with us,& just have a good time with each other,:o)


My pictures are not good,my camera does not do good night pictures,
I need a GOOD camera!!(if anyone wants to donate.lol)


It was SO COLD****

Our town gives out Hot Choc on this night,

How nice is that,we was sure using it to warm us up..burrr!

I hope yall have a great weekend,

(Ms Nina we thought about yall last night & how yall have sat with us before)

I miss you !

Thanksgiving day at my house.

For the first time ever, we had Thanksgiving at my house.

There was 20 people at my small house on thursday,

So its a good thing we are close,lol :o)

My mama with my CRAZY nephews,

the 3 oldest grand children.

Next to the oldest grandchild Aj, with

his girlfriend Jordan,(she so sweet)

Me with these 3 crazy boys.(I am the favorite aunt)lol....

and I am the oldest in this picture if you are going by height,

The boys & my daddy,Nothing like pawpaw, :o)

Stephen (the oldest grand child)with his to sweet ;) girlfriend Erika,

I got a g:);)d feeling someday she will be my niece-in-law,

They sure know how to pick pretty girls.!

Look at all that food,& it would'nt even

fit into the picture,food was everywhere!!

This is my little brother Cody ,yall didnt know I had

a brother 19 years younger than me, did you ??

My wonderful mawmaw with my children,

Me & Daddy, so in love :o)

This is my sister Robins children,(the next set of grandkids that came along)

Brenda leigh 17,(in the gray) Haleigh 13,

& Dustin 15,

This was our first Thanksgiving in about 6 or 7 years that we got to see them,

God has been so good to us this year,

And now,,**For what I was Thankful for the most,at this time on thursday was this picture,

ALL, 11 of my mama & daddys grandchildren together for the first time,

We have never been able to get this picture in the past years,

I still cant believe it, I cry every time I think of my mamas & daddys face as they looked at them all,

You may have the perfect family & this may not mean anything to you ,but it sure means alot to me, my family is not perfect ,drugs are in our family & it has destroyed it,

Mine & Jims family(out of us 4 sisters) is the only one who is not split up,

Do you know why ???

Because God picked us up out of drinking, drugs,lying & cheating 5 years ago saved us & put my family together,, What a WONDERFUL GOD we serve.

LORD I'm Thankful today for my family !!!

Please pray for these 11 children,

they are my heart ,But they need God,

he's the only one, that when they have a family,

He can keep it together.

(kids I want yall to know I pray for you day & night,I love you all SO much)

The 3 at top are brothers,my oldest sister Renees 41 , Stephen 21-Aj 19-Bobby 17.

The next 3 are my sister Robins 35 ,Brenda leigh 17-Dustin 15-Haleigh 13.

The next 4 are mine 31,Emily 13(shes my step baby:) my twins Dillon ,Dakota 12-Cheyenne 9.

And the baby of all the grandkids is the one with his arms crossed :)My sister Rhondas 39-1 & only child is, Spencer 8.(she said she isnt crazy like we are.haha)

Yes ,boys out do the girls,

But the girls rule,(they think)

I sure hope your Thanksgiving was a BLESSING like ours,,

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THANKFULNESS,,,

Every year I set out taking picture, after picture ,after picture,
of my children ,in hopes of the perfect picture for the christmas card.
And to give ,Mawmaws,Pawpaws,Aunts, & everyone else in the family,for Christmas.

This is a few I took friday & will be taking more in the next week.
Do me a favor ? Leave me a comment & vote on the ones you like best,
I will post more next week & you can vote on them.
Please I need help,,,,:o)








Oh,& since this is thanksgiving week,
I want to Thank the LORD for my children !!
They are perfect,Ilove them so much,,

Thank you God for giving me these 3 children ,they have made me who I am,all because of you,
Lord I pray you save them if they are not saved,& if they are Lord ,I pray you use them for your glory . I love you Lord ,Thank you, Amen.

*** My, sweet country boy Dillon ***

***My, miss I think Im grown Cheyenne***

***My ,Mr independent Dakota***

Wednesday-Weather

When I think of Fall ,this is a few of the things I think of..

....Rain....

....Lots of RAIN....

....Fishing....

...Beautiful,Fall sunsets...

.....Hunting Season.....

Yes that is a white turkey !!!


...... changing of the trees......

This was taken in the spring,

Look at the tree to the left & the sky.

This picture was taken a few weeks ago,

Show me your Fall picture,, :o)

Happy Hump Everyone ****