Happy Thanksgiving!

A *very* competitive game of... "toss the beanie" ?? Really not sure what the real name of this is! :)

more beanie tossing! :)

BJ getting geared up for the zipline...

Pretty much every Laird ever loves to sing, play, etc. :)

Most of the family actually in one picture! :)

a few of the girl cousins

The older male cousins in the family have had this football "pick-em" contest where they pick who will win games, scores, etc. Anyway, Daddy won this year! :) He came away from "THE" presentation of the trophy with an humble "I don't appreciate this at all, but I deserve it from the bottom of my heart..."  Touching, huh? 

November Bible Conference

We had our annual Bible Conference a few weeks ago (okay, several weeks ago!), and here are a few pictures from it!

The Tero family

The Tate family

The Archie family (along with a cousin up there on the left) :)

Yes, Lizzy and I were twins for the day...And yes, we planned it. :) Shopping together makes this happen!

A big group of young people (and a few young at heart) went to a local nursing home to sing for the residents.

jamming...

Rebekah & Sarah

There were quite a few competitive games of basketball

jamming some more. :)

Rebekah & Elizabeth

Amanda, Janell, & Whitney

 

                                    

My Favorite Little Fella

I took some pictures of BJ a couple of weeks ago. Ain't he cute absolutely adorable?! :) Course, I suppose I am a bit partial. ;)

I love the pants leg that didn't quite make it into the boot...

That grin.

I love this boy, just in case anyone was wondering... :)

That's all, folks! Happy 8th of November to you! :)

posted by~ Sarah

Oh What Fun!

So a couple of weekends ago, we had some friends come to stay with us, and we had a fantabulous time! :) And yes, I am just now posting about it...Here are a few pictures...

We were absotively, posilutely out of our ever-lovin' minds...And loving every minute of it! :)

Rebekah & Sarah

Need I even put a caption on this?

Hannah & Rachel

Just testin out the weight limit on the swing...

Vacation to Tennessee!

BJ was learning how to take pictures.

Seriously, the dirt bikes at Cade's Cove had to be the highlight of BJ's trip! :)

Look everyone! BJ has a halfway normal smile going on!!! :)

Aannnddd, there went the normal smile...

No, this isn't posed... I just have some very photogenic siblings! :)

Lunch break!! Cold pizza anyone?

Tripod pictures aren't the best... But we DO have proof that we were ALL there! :)

sister picture!

We stopped at this beautiful place on the way home... It was Daddy's birthday, so I had to celebrate somehow!! ;)

I.love.mountains.

We were pleased to meet {part of} the Bates family and visit their church Sunday! Thanks to Bro. Gil,  Michael, Allyssa, and Katie for making us feel right at home! :)

This is a picture of the slides from the indoor waterpark that was where we stayed! (Our grandparents have a time share for a condo, so we got to take a "free" vacation! :D That place was AMAZING!!!

Penguins are adorable when they are faking sleep! :)

I'm not sure what this thing is, but it looked cool! :)

We loved getting to visit the Ripley's aquarium...

Look!! It's Nemo! :) 

I'm fairly sure that Dad had this same look when he realized he had to load MORE stuff into the already full van. :)

This thing was swimming over my head... And I didn't even scream! :)

Out of the mouths of babes and blondes...

So here are a few "funny sayings" that we Laird "children" said as, well, children... :) Most of these are from when we were all very young (4,5,6 years). However, a few of them are recent... Very recent... I humbly blame it all on my blondness... Poor Rachel and Abigail have no excuses for their dumb sayings! ;)



Rachel-

After learning Psalm 23, Rachel quoted "He makes me to slide down green pastures..." 

"I wish I was big enough to retire from school!!" 

Rachel- (talking to Sarah) "Mere is a word..."
Sarah- "I know... Like 'comere'!" (come here)


Sarah-  

Mama was explaining how they were going to be fasting all day with the church... I asked "Like a hurry?" 

Mini Wheats - "Hay Bales"

Asked Mama - "Mama, does everybody have a little stupid in them?"

And a couple of recent ones.... 
"Mama, how much sugar do you put in unsweet tea?" Yes, folks, I REALLY said this... (Although  I did catch myself about halfway through!) :)  

A friend told me a story of a man that drowned in 2 feet of water...My honest first reaction was "How tall was the man??" YES!! I know!

Abigail-  

(To Sarah) "You are driving me peanuts!"  

When asked who she wanted to marry..."A MAN of course!!!" 

Abi found an tiny baby acorn outside and wanted to do an "experience" (experiment) with it! The joys of homeschooling! :) 

Rachel and Sarah commented that Abigail didn't know the value of money... Abi retorted with, "Yes I do! You take it to Wal*Mart and you spend it!!" 


BJ- 

 Goggles- "globbles"

Chickens- "Bockins"

"Will you do me a favorite? (favor)  

Told Abi (when she was sad about something), "Baby Darlin'... It's gone be okay..."

Mama told BJ that he was "sweet" for helping her... He said, "No mama... Dat's PANSY!"   

Wanted to watch "Bob the Builder in Sandwich" (Spanish)  

When he was hungry... "My tummy is giggling!"

Daddy said something about "his daughters"... BJ said "You mean...MY girls?!"

Asked Mama "How you got so old"...

When BJ woke up one morning, I kissed his cheeks and told him that he smelled good... He grinned, leaned over, and said "You wanna smell my breath?"