Congratulations, Uncle Jonathan!

(see center, dark suit, big smile)

Daddy wishes he could have been there to welcome you as a member of the 2008 class of Leadership Lowndes. You'll already know much of what others will learn, but you'll also learn what many don't. All of the early mornings and long days will be worth it in the end. :)

Over the river and through the woods...

...to Mama's house we go. We really did go over a river and through the woods to get to her house. We've been having loads of fun with Mama, Papa, Uncle Todd, Aunt Carly and Emily. Megan got a little scared early Sunday morning around 4:30 when the power went out from an ice storm. We had to entertain ourselves until about 1:30 when the power came back. Mama and Papa even put the stuff from the fridge outside so it would stay cold.

This is when we first got to Mama and Papa's house. We had to check out the new slide that Papa built.

Erin really likes the house that's outside.

Here's a picture of the ice after the storm was over.

And here's Papa on his tractor. He had to clear the ice so we could go to Uncle Todd and Aunt Carly's house to eat and open presents.

And now, the outdoor fridgefrator as Erin calls it. We also had milk and some other things outside, but they were on the other side.
This is Papa's lantern that lit up the kitchen since we had no power.

This is at Todd and Carly's house. We opened all of our presents over there. We get microphones to sing with on the TV, laptops, clothes, a Dora movie, all kinds of stuff. Megan was really excited to get a Cinderella doll and Erin liked her Ariel doll.

And you may notice from this picture that Erin got a hair cut. There are a lot less tangles now.

National Champions!

Some said south Georgia boys wouldn't be able to handle the cold...

The Christmas Parade

Believe it or not, we went to our first parade ever on Saturday. We mentioned this in the last post, but we didn't tell much of a story.

We got lots of candy, saw lots of fire trucks, saw two bands, got a little scared, and saw Santa.

Mommy and Daddy keep trying to get us excited about the band. We like it, but Erin may be more of a cheerleader or dance line type.

I like the Blazers, as long as Blaze isn't in the conversation. He looks like a pumpkin with sunglasses, and I don't care how many people say he's nice. They can like him all they want--just keep him away from me!

This one's for you, PaPa!

And finally, though not directly related to the parade...

Don't I remind you of a sick puppy? Well, I'm feeling better, but I still have a runny nose most of the time, and my coughing is less frequent and less violent--yet it still persists.

Blazers win again

The Blazers beat North Alabama yesterday, while we were at home sleeping. Daddy told us all about it when he got to the Christmas Parade. Mommy took some pictures at the parade. Maybe one or two will make it online with some encouragement. Mommy says Daddy can't go to the game, since it is in southwest Pennsylvania on Saturday at 11:00 A.M. They have a Christmas party to go to on Friday night, and Daddy has to run sound at the Chancel Choir concert Sunday night. The next quest is to find a place with ESPNU on the TV so that we can watch the game.

Go BLAZERS!!!

'Tis the Season...

We helped bring in the boxes of Christmas decorations.

Here's our pink Disney Princess tree:

Blazers win - again!

Daddy didn't tell us until he came home that the Blazers played again. He did bring home a rally rag...maybe he'll take us to the next game. He says to thank Javon and Dawn for the tickets.

Fall videos

Erin's Yellow Leaf

See the yellow leaf falling down

Falling down, falling down

See the yellow leaf falling down

To the ground

Megan's Purple Leaf

See the purple leaf falling down

Falling down, falling down

See the purple leaf falling down

To the ground

Our Turkey Song

I'm a little turkey, fluffy and brown

My wings flip-flap when I turn around

I have a lot of feathers on my back

My orange beak goes click-clack click-clack

At the Atlanta Children's Museum

We went with Mommy, Aunt Elizabeth, and Aunt Amelia to play this morning. Here's a taste of what we did...

Yay, BLAZERS!!!

We're so happy that our Blazers are the number one seed for the Southeast Region. Daddy went to the college to see the selection show on ESPN-U. The Blazers will either play Albany State or Catawba, depending on who wins on Saturday. Maybe Daddy will get some good seats for his birthday present?
(click on the bracket to link to a more legible copy--if you get an error, just click 'refresh' and it should load)



Click here to see Daddy clapping behind Coach Dean...well, you can't see his face, but he's wearing a light blue dress shirt and black pants...

Better late than never...

Here are some of the pictures that Javon took at our birthday party. Hope you like them. And just for Aunt Elizabeth and Aunt Amelia, there are a few pictures of Michael and Lena.

First, here we are with our horns.

And now for some yummy cake




And now it's Lena and Michael, our cousins



Presents, presents, presents...



Here is our Uncle Ross and Aunt Elizabeth

We got to go Trick-or-Treating!!!

We didn't go all-out this year, but we did get some candy at a few houses. We were Tinkerbell this year. I bet you thought Tinkerbell only wears green...but she also wears pink and purple...

Did you ever see a pumpkin...

We learned another song in preschool. This one is just in time for Halloween:

Did you ever see a pumpkin a pumpkin a pumpkin?
Did you ever see pumpkin with no face at all?
With no eyes, no nose, no mouth, and no teeth?
Did you ever see a pumpkin, with no face at all?


So I... made a Jack O-Lantern, Jack O-Lantern, Jack O-Lantern.
So I made a Jack-O-Lantern with a big funny face!
With two eyes, and one nose, and one mouth, and lots of teeth.
So I made a Jack-O-Lantern with a big funny face.


Then today, we watched Daddy and Mommy make our pumpkin into a Jack O-Lantern!
We had fun watching and singing our song.

The planes show

Daddy took us to Moody Air Force Base this morning for Moody Airfest 2007. We didn't stay to see the real air show. We did see some planes and helicopters, but the best part was the bouncy house. We did see some planes in the sky, plus some people dropping with parachutes. We had to come home and rest so that we could go to Elizabeth Grace's birthday party. Sometimes we have fun being with just Daddy.

This was a big one! No wonder they call it the C-5 Galaxy.

Here's an F-15 from Eglin AFB, Florida.

This is an F-16 from Shaw AFB, SC.

These are F-16s, too. The Thunderbirds even park their jets in precision.See, their diagonals would make even a drum corps judge happy.

Just in case you still aren't sure they park them well, here's the front view with orange barrels included. Looks like the local guys need to get their act together on spacing those. Maybe a highway construction company should help.All of this was impressive to Daddy, but the closest we came to the Thunderbirds in the air was hearing them during nap time.

Here's evidence that we saw planes fly. Also, if you look at the bottom right, you'll see a nice man with a gun guarding the flight line. They sure were serious about security. Daddy had to show his driver's license to get in the gate. Then, Mommy's car was randomly selected to be searched. The military dog and some strong sheriff's deputies rummaged through it and looked under the hood to make sure it was safe. Then we had to walk through a metal detector to access the flight line. Daddy did less than that just to see the President...but that was a long time ago.

As we said...the best part of the show was...

Preschool Update

We've been learning about colors since school started back in September. We're almost done. We want Daddy to come to our colors party to help us celebrate. Here are the words to our new song:

Orange is a Carrot
Yellow is a Pear
Green is the Green Grass
Brown is a Bear
Purple is a Plum
Blue is the Sky
Black is a Witch's Hat
And Red is Cherry Pie

We like to sing this song and get Daddy excited, because he likes cherry pie. Boz does, too.

On Friday we get to go to the Pumpkin Patch in front of the church. We're pretty excited about that, too. We get to pick out our own baby pumpkin!

Hugs and Kisses,
Erin and Megan

In Memory of Mommy's Grandma Ebersole

Ruth R. Ebersole
Ruth R. Ebersole, 87, formerly of 1800 Thompson Ave. Lebanon died Tuesday, October 2, 2007 in Countryside Christian Community, N. Annville Twp.
She was the wife of Roy I. Ebersole with whom she celebrated their 68th Wedding Anniversary this past September 2nd.
Born in Annville on March 24, 1920, she was the daughter of the late William M. and Jennie Lutz Rohland. Her and her husband were the co-owners of Ebersole's Auction, N. Annville Twp.
Ruth was a 1937 graduate of Annville High School; a member of New Hope Brethren in Christ Church, Linglestown where she conducted the Children's, Youth, and Adult Choirs and was in charge of the Children's Sunday School Department.
Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, Kenneth R., husband of Terry Ebersole of Annville and David L., husband of Nancy Ebersole of Palmyra; two daughters, Nancy, wife of David Ritchie of Annville and Brenda, wife of Ted Hartman of Lebanon; 10 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; 1 great great grandson; and a daughter-in-law, Frances L. Ebersole. She was the last of her immediate family. She was preceded in death by a son, Robert A. Ebersole.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 11 AM from the Kreamer Funeral Home, 618 E. Main St., Annville. Interment will be in United Zion Cemetery, N. Annville Twp. Viewing will be held on Saturday from 9 to 11 AM at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to New Hope Church Building Fund 584 Colonial Club Drive Harrisburg, PA 17112.
kreamerfuneralhome.com

Sign the guestbook

Guess who came to preschool today...

The BLAZERS!!!

Some of the guys from the team read to us and played on the playground with us. Here's a taste of it:

We're going to their homecoming game tomorrow after our nap-nap, and we hope they win big over those bad guys from Ouachita Baptist.

By the way, mommy particularly likes a group of four girls that started at that school. To find out more, click here. (The video has good words if you have time to watch. You may need to right click and change the quality to "Low" if you don't have the great DSL connection that we do. Daddy can probably help you get one if you need it.)