MERRY CHRISTMAS !

Finally, all five of us together !

Scott, Claudette, me, and the kids.

Sisterly Love !

Gabby, Joel, and Alexis. 12/25/06

Aunt Suzie and Claudette (Scott's mother).

Jerome and Donna.

Joel !

What can I say ?

I think Joel might be a little to big to sit in Scott's lap these days. Joel is now 5'11'' and wears a 12 men's shoe, and he is only 14 !

Scott, Jerome (Scott's brother), and their mother Claudette.

Scott and his cousin Greg.

It's hard work opening all those presents !

Christmas in the country !

Mamaette's new home.

Alexis' BIG Christmas Surprise !

We had been telling Alexis that she would not get a car until she got her licence. She has driving school all next week, and she can take her test on or after January 9th. So you can imagine her surprise when she opened a box with a car tag in it !

G64LEX

This is the vanity tag Alexis hopes to get for her car : G64LEX. Let's hope no one in GA has it !

Gross picture of me :(

I hate this picture of me yuck , I am in mid-blink, but it is the only one of us four !

I Love You Scott !

Big Mac attack !

On our way to Vovo’s (my mom) for Christmas Eve Supper, we stop to see Big Mac, our favorite neighbor! (Joel has got wet hair, I am gonna kill that boy!)

Gabby had to work Christmas Eve, and Scott and Scooter got out of the dreaded picture taking session, by sneaking up to my mom’s earlier!

Scott and Scooter thought they were going to hide out at Vovo’s and not have to take pictures, but I caught them, and made them pose and smile pretty! Vovo and Granddaddy were being camera shy, but since Vovo was very busy in the kitchen cooking a feast for all of us I did not make her stop and pose.

Our "special" tree

According to the kids our tree was weird; I like to think of it as RETRO, a little on the psychedelic side! I was too tired to get our beautiful, but BIG tree down this year. So, my mom gave us a white tree! It was very different, and special in its own way (only 15minutes to assemble). The kids did missed our traditional tree though.

Alexis is 16 !

Since we all were home at the same time tonight (very rare happening theses days) we decided to go out to eat and celebrate Alexis turning 16 tomorrow : ) She picked one of her favorite restaurants, KOBE. 12/11/06

You might be having surgery in the South if your Dr. says...

Here is Mary Ann's latest card to Scott

I think this is how Scott felt after surgery :)

Alexis' School Picture

Sophmore

CHS

9/2006

Joel's School Picture

Freshman

CHS

9/2006

Kicking off the Holiday Spirit with my mom, at the tree lighting ceremony, at Atlantic Station, in downtown Atlanta ( www.atlanticstation.com ). 11/18/06.

50-ft tree with 250,000 lights. It was beautiful ! Worth the trip to Atlanta !

Alexis and her best friend Maggie enjoying the snow, at the tree lighting ceremony. 11/18/06

One of the beautifully decorated streets in Atlantic station. 11/18/06

Here is a card that Andy and Mary Ann Taylor sent to Scott this week.
I hope everyone has a great week end !
Love Izabella

Carrollton Cheerleaders perform an exhibition of their routine. They compete this week-end in Columbus, GA, for the State AAA title. Alexis is the one with the knee brace. 11/9/06
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GO TROJANS !

Maggie, Joel, and Alexis, after the exhibition. 11/9/06

2006

REGION CHAMPS

Carrollton Varsity Cheerleaders

11/4/2006

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Katie, Ann, and Gabby. 10/30/06

Scooter takes Scott to Gabby's soccer game. (Scott's first good day since surgery 10/12). Gabby scored the first 2 goals with Katie Holmes assissting her goals. BSU 3 Locos 0. 10/30/06

First Place winners Carrollton Varsity Cheerleaders,
at Collins Hill High School Competition 10/28/06

Recently, Gabby flew to Minneapolis, Minnesota to go shopping at the Mall of America. 8/3/2006

The Mall of America has more than 520 stores, a 7-acre musement park, with a rollercoaster, a walk-through aquarium, an entire level of restaurants and a 14-screen movie theater. Gabby, said you need a few days just to go to all the different areas, and even more time if you tried to go to all the stores! Sounds like my kinda place : )

Atlanta Falcon fan turned Minnesota Viking fan for the day.
 

Scott and I after the homecoming parade. Alexis and Joel were both in the parade this year.9/29/06

My new hair cut. 9/29/06 

Great way to start the season, varsity girls won first place out of six AAA teams competing. Dawson County High, 9/16/06. 

Kimberly Taylor, Alexis, and Maggie Holmes, right after the girls competed in their first Varsity Competition, at Dawson County High School, 9/16/06. 

Joel recently participated in a pre-season football kicking competition, at Stars Mill High School. He has never kicked before, and performed very well winning, The Best Place Kicker Contest, winning it with a 40 yard field goal, and The Best Kickoff Contest, for his age group with a 63 yard kick off. Coach Rafter announced that Joel's 63 yard kick off was a record for the Rafter Pro Training Company for a freshman kicker.
For those of you into stats here is a link to the tournament stats: www.rafterprotraining.com/17.html . I think the coach mentioned Joel was the only double winner of the competition. I wish Scott could have gone to cheer Joel on. He has been saying Joel had a a foot on him for quite a while now.