christmas day

 i didn't take too many pics this year, but we opened all the presents and ate all the food! 

they are starting to struggle to all fit on that top step!

merry christmas from tupelo! 

reed has watched too much food network

 reed decided he wanted to make christmas goodies to take people this year.  and, he chose ALL the things.  he stayed busy in the kitchen all afternoon and loved every minute of it.  i helped clean as he went, but he kept saying, "isn't this fun?" and "i really enjoy this." he even talked wes into helping for a minute.  he finished around 9pm, and we took the first two batches to two of his best buddies, weston and john coley......right then!  ha! and just so y'all know for future reference, don't pass up his peanut butter truffles.  they are perfection!

christmas in madison

 

merry christmas

 

mac mcanally

 the hunger coalition of north mississippi (which runs the food pantry I work for each month) had a fundraiser concert the first night of Christmas break.  they brought hometown boy mac mcanally home to entertain us, and entertain us he did.  he is obviously a great musician/songwriter, but he is also a great storyteller!  he brought fellow coral reefer, eric darken, as a crazy good percussion sidekick! it was a fun night, and the opening act was our favorite!  pop and mr. rodney (aka wishbone) got us warmed up!  

christmas magic

 structure joined forces with the tupelo high school orchestra for a little transiberian orchestra magic.  it was such a unique experience for everybody involved!  and, i think that those orchestra grandparents in attendance may have been a little shocked when our boys joined in.  but, by the end they were yelling and standing up clapping!  :)

thanksgiving lunch

 reed's class had their thanksgiving lunch complete with 14 pounds of roasted turkey!!  there was a slight misunderstanding by the mom that brought turkey about how many people would be eating, and let's just say that there was quite a bit left over!