Christmas Eve Entertainment

I can't take credit for this. It was compliments of my brother...Jas.


Top 10 ways to tell if you’re a Branham at Christmas time…

You haven’t seen a real Christmas tree in the house since 1984

You’re wishing there was a real Christmas tree in the house to cover “that smell” in the kitchen

You’re avoiding Jason so he doesn’t con you into wrapping presents for him

You’re mentally rehearsing new approaches for convincing Dad that he actually does need to surprise Mom with a gift on Christmas

Some of your life’s most impressive intellectual work has been strategizing shopping routes on Black Friday

You’ve ever had a Christmas dinner consisting of spicy mustard, crackers and summer sausage

There are 10 pecan pies on cooling racks and 4 kinds of egg nog in the fridge in Mom and Dad’s kitchen

“Santa” finds a way to use the word “crotch” while passing out presents under the tree

You’re still part of a Christmas morning choo-choo train even though you’re 30 years old

You’re calling Dad’s bluff for telling anyone who’ll listen that he only got fruit as presents as a child

Too cute!

Hi, my name is Woogie and I'm a photoholic.


I couldn't resist. I got Amber ready for the day, and just thought how cute and stylish she looked in her birthday boots. I figured that it was worth pulling out the camera for.

Happy Birthday Munchie!

Amber's 4th birthday is today. I'm sure my thorough sister will have pics on her blog of today's b-day festivities. However, I took her for her party on Friday. I was going to take some friends to a Snow Queen ballet. However, when we arrived at the Ghetto; we found that this play was not at an upscale "Columbia Children's Theatre". It was indeed a run down elementary school on a dead end. Let's just say that I wasn't surprised that there was "Free Parking". I refused to pay $6 a head for that. So, I asked the kidlets if they wanted to go to Build a Bear. They happily agreed. They had a lot of fun and we had some serious drama from Thimbletack on the way back. Afterwards we went to the ice cream store for treats! It was a Fabulous Ladies Night OUt! Not to be forgotten. Now I owe Munchie a trip to the Nutcracker! HAH!

This was the girls trying to find out what kind of ice cream they want.

Are we having fun yet?!

Picking out their bears and washing them.

Last one!

I know, I've posted a lot! But, here's our family pic that we finally took.

Gone so Soon?

Frankie's leaving us this weekend. We really are sad to see him go. We've LOVED having him here, and feel an emptiness at the thought of him leaving us. I really am already thinking of when we can see him next. Ethan told him in the car that "Now that Frankie's leaving I'll be the big brother". Too sweet!

We wanted to take him out before he leaves this weekend. We said tell us where to go...just NOT Waffle House! So we ended up at R.Tues. We all tried the various lemonades that he turned us on to. It was a great night. It ended with He and Roc playing with Mr. Bo...I know Frankie's gonna miss him.



The kiddies trying to stay warm in the parking lot.

Jonah had a little too much to drink!and eat.

Frankie enjoying a thirst quencher.

All of us with our Fruity Lemonades.

Amber and Frankie

Traitor?!

I'm gonna get all kinds of hate mail from this one! I went to put on this sweater on Saturday...GAME DAY! I couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Consequently, we played Florida. If you click on the picture, you can read what the screen says. We did not even plan this! Serious. I thought it'd be funny to take a pic by a football game. I think I was being punished, b/c I went outside and it was HOT! So, I went and changed after all. But, we still lost :( (which my hubby always says is my fault).

What A Weekend!

No pics this time. However, I thought I'd write about our Roadshow since it took up my ENTIRE weekend! First off can I just say that I have the best Husband EVER?! We had a 24 hour Road Show and He took care of them (no questions asked)the whole time.

Our theme was "Agency and Accountability". We chose to use the Star Wars theme. The youth did a great job. It was wonderful, no stressful costuming or scenery. It was more about a very funny and clever skit. BUT...I'm glad to be home again with my family.