Our Bear Christmas Tree

Every year around this time, our bears leave us Christmas trees all over our back yard. It is such a lovely surprise....filled with red ornaments! You have to really watch where you step out here! Would hate for a Christmas tree to find the bottom of your shoe!...that could get ugly FAST!

Me on the cover of Forbes

We will miss you!

Dan & Beth Holland....What Can I say? We enjoyed lunch yesterday....eating burgers & fries with friends after church don’t get much better than that!

My blessing for you comes from Numbers. It is the blessing Aaron, the high priest, blessed his people with. I ain’t no high priest, by any stretch, but here goes:

“May the Lord bless you and keep you; May the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; AND May the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace!”

Climbing Mt. Sinai will always be a high light for me personally, but doing it with you guys makes it so much more special. I can remember Beth and I were worn clean out, could barely breathe, but we finally made it to the summit, just in time for the sun to crest over the mountains. Joe & Dan beat us up there, of course. Dan was like a dad gum billy goat. What a sight. A holy mountain....watching the sun rise....with life long friends.....are you kidding me?....How great was that?

It will be exciting to watch your next mountain climb. You are so prepared. You got your boots, your scarfs, your jacket....you are ready for take off. So go do great things for the Lord! We love you guys!

Nothing like a bear hug!

Laura Jo helping me with Christmas cookies!

I have been busy making Christmas cookies. But today I got an added bonus when Laura Jo came over to help in the sampling department....I mean, somebody's gotta do it!

Thanksgiving in Jacksonville

Stadam hosted a beautiful Thanksgiving with all of Adam's family....Here I am with the girls....Yeah I know, I don't look old enough to have grown kids....!

 Carol Harris is calling her siblings to strap on the feed bag.....and they certainly did!

 It looked like a dad gum parking lot next to their house....corvette parking for sure....

 Jeff and Emily are outside relaxing....Emily behaved the whole time & so did Jeff.

 Adam, Jeff, & Sarah are enjoying the new outdoor furniture....was that green approved by the HOA?

 All the food lined up for round 2.....what was left of it....that is!

I am so thankful for my wonderful and cool family...You guys ROCK!

Thanksgiving in October!

Doesn't everybody have turkeys coming to their back door at Thanksgiving?  Well, that's how the Sherwood's roll around here....

         We had Pepaw carve up the big bird....He can sure do some fine carving...thanks Daddy!

                     I cooked the ham in my NuWave oven that Mother gave me....came out nice!

                                  We can always count on Sarah to start up the line....thanks girl!

 It didn't take everybody long to join in.....We had turkey, dressing, ham, green bean casserole, corn pudding, tomatoes, deviled eggs, rolls and of course enough gravy to choke a horse!

                                            Mother was happy with her plate selection....

      Lottie Lou was our photographer....I had to give her credit for getting this group to cooperate!

                                      The Westover's.........Sarah, Emily, Laura Jo, and Jeff

                                             The 4 Generations are accounted for....

                                                    Love all the women in this family!!!

                                                And these are the two who started it all!

                                                Mother & Daddy and their two girls.....

                                                                        Philanda

                                                                         Stadam

                                                                          MOJO

                                                              2 sisters and their Ma

Look who's potty trained!

We are all so proud of her talents....Laura Jo loves her big girl panties....She sits on her pink potty and smiles....I usually am smiling when I sit on my potty too....She is so much like her Majo!  She picked out her own potty for the TX bathroom....doesn't quite go with the decor, but we don't really care at this point....Pink goes with everything, right?...keep smiling, you sweet thing!

Fun at the FALL FESTIVAL!

                         Laura Jo had so much fun picking out her candy...chocolate please!

                                        I believe I will have that one please kind church lady

                       It helped to get in the holes by getting a TAD CLOSE......way to go girl!

                                                       She was the master at ring toss

                     The Bounce House was way too much fun, especially while wearing a tiara.....!

                                       Emily slept thru thru the whole thing.....that's my girl!

                                           Sarah had trouble keeping up with the little toot!

Utah Mountain Golf

While we were in the jacuzzi Mr. Fox came by and said Hello....He was very friendly and liked the peanuts that we threw his way.....

There is nothing like golfing in the mountains....We actually had friends who wanted to join us....Way too fun!....and as you can see....I didn't skip any meals....
GOLF.....FRIENDS.......FOOD....What's not to love?????...Thanks guys for making it a memorable, awesome trip!

Stacy comes home for her 10 yr HS REUNION

Wow...Has it been ten years?  How come I don't feel older....OOooo, it's because I didn't age, but Stacy DID.....that is "Laura" math......Stacy & Adam, or STADAM, as we like to call 'em, have been married almost 6 years....that's crazy.....Sept. 24th is their anniversary....congrats kiddos......
Stacy enjoyed being "AUNT" Stacy to her sweet Emily Jo this weekend, who seems not all that interested at the moment.....what is wrong with these kids these days?

We train our bears!

Here is white chested bear sitting and giving us 5.....He was juggling balls earlier....but didn't have my camera on me at the time...don't ya just hate when that happens!

Emily Jo is here!

Big Sister Laura Jo is meeting Emily for the first time....not quite sure what to think.....
Mama Jo & Papa Joe are proud grandparents once again! She was born Aug 20th weighing in at 7 lb. 5 oz. and 18.5 inches long.....She is a beauty for sure...takes after me, of course!

Good Morning Lord!