This time last year..........

Charleigh's first Christmas

ANOTHER BENJAMIN BORN INTO THE WORLD

My good friend Crystal, who I met in xray school, and I work with now had her little boy on December 3, 2007. He weighed in at 9lbs 3 ozs. and was 22 inches long. BOY WHAT A BIGGIN'
They named him Benjamin Dean Reece. With a name like that I am sure he will be a sweet boy.

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS

Christmas was always a GREAT time growing up. It was like MAGIC. I hope we can make it just as special for Charleigh. It wasn't just the presents, it was everyone getting together, and staying in one place over night, and then waking up at 4:00 to open presents with all of my cousins. Then on Christmas break all of our cousins would come and stay with us. It was a great time, always. Rockin out the 90's hair. Oh, and yes we are wearing feety-pajamas!!! we wore them WAY TO LATE IN LIFE! sometimes they got to tight and we would cut out the feet to get some more wear out of them. I can remember the feet in them were always a bit cold, especially when your feet got sweaty after being in closed in vinyl for 8 hours. I guess it reminded my mom of when we were Charleigh's age. Maybe she wanted to keep us younger than we were, now I know how she felt and I really can't blame her. Did any of you guys wear these after age 4? Please tell me ya did.

Cowboy Ben in front of his Christmas tree. Ben is that a little dolly you are holding? I mean if it is, it is alright I was just wondering.

Santa is Comimg....

This is Ben and Cecil dressing up like Santa. Ben said "Cecil always got the good costumes." They almost trick Tim into sitting on Santa's lap.

No way he isn't falling for it.

Another BABY on its way.

Cecil and Shanna (Ben's Brother)will be the next to add and addition to the Ferrell Family. So CONGRATULATIONS guys your lives will never be the same.

I guess we know where Charleigh gets her waving from. She waves like crazy to everyone when she is riding a horse, like her Momma did.

No Wonder Charleigh is a cowgirl......it is in her blood.

Lacy doesn't look real happy that she is the one leading Shadow. I look like I am pretending to be riding in a rodeo.

Ben in his Daddy's hat. His head still is this small.

This is Charity, Lacy and me at a rodeo somewhere. We were STYLIN'

This is our pony Tiny Hiney. Charity was such a good big sis and took us on pony rides.

Ben's 30th......Celebration

We decided that we would have a party for Ben's birthday since he was turning 30. When we could all get together ended up being almost two months after his actual birthday but it ended up being perfect. I thought it would be fun to have a dodge ball tournament and Ben mentioned he should dress up like one of the guys from the movie. So after bucking bulls Ben went up and changed into his get-up that we put together. IT WAS HILARIOUS!!!! I had a hard time getting pictures because I was laughing so hard. You can imagime what everyone else thought. We played D-ball for like 7 hours(until 2 in the morning) and the next day I could hardly walk.
There was a great turn out for the party and we had a great time,everyone said we need to make it an annual party. So if you plan on attending next year you better start getting in shape now.

GO VIPERS!!!!

The bash

This is Austin, (he had made the blog before) He is working the out gate for the bulls at the party.

Ben had to hold this baby since Charleigh was at Gram and Gramps.

Brandon and Zach waiting to buck some bulls

Lance, Ben Mic, and Justin sitting around after bucking a few bulls. Ben rode and Mic fought the other two were worthless.

Missing Summer

It is very cold outside here (38 to be exact) and we are missing the summer weather. These pictures are some from the middle of summer and Charleigh doing what she loves the most.

Thank Heavens For Little Girls

This is Charleigh in her bow. She kept it on long enough for a few, and I do mean very few, pictures.

And Sweet baby Clememtine in the same hair bow

Riding double

At Grandma Clarks getting ready to ride on a donkey.

I am not sure why these pictures are so light, but they are. You can still kinda see.

More Thanksgiving pics...

Grandma stayed the night with us so she could get up early and make her famous butterhorn rolls. Nobody was more excited than my dad. He was getting a little fussy about getting them in the oven and getting them done and in his belly.

Kyren was sitting outside trying to stay out for a minute and a half in the cold. Why I am not real sure, I guess it is one of those silly things you do as a kid. but the cat(who has no name and is just called: The cat) kept loving on him.

Charleigh was a little sick and she wanted her dad to hold her. If she can sit still for more than a minute you automatically know she isn't feeling well.

After about 45 minutes she started feeling better and wanted to go outside with her Papa. So Ben put on the first pair of tights he saw, then she wanted her boots so she was a fashion disaster. I know where she gets her taste in clothes. Honestly, you should have seen what Ben thought looked good when we dated. Sorry Ben but the brown hat was a bad idea, I mean really, if Brandon says he wouldn't wear it you know it is bad!

Bundled up to ride....

It was freezing cold outside on thanksgiving morning, but Charleigh saw the horses in the pasture and she had to call them up. She makes a squeaky noise like she knows how to whistle and she yells c'mon. Then she leans over and pats her thighs like she is calling a dog. She is riding with Juliana and Ben is the one who is all bundled up leading Scooter.

Issac wanted to give it a shot as well.

Say Cheese!!!

These pictures are from a classmate of mine from x-ray school's wedding . Tyson and I were classmates and we got hired as student techs together. It is crazy to say but seeing everyone from school made me miss it just a lil' bit.

When I walked in on the first day of school there were only a few seats left, one of which was next to a girl with princess leia braids(NO LIE) I sat next to her thinking I would just switch later. I never did. I spent almost 4,000 hours next to her and I'm so glad I never switched. She ended up being a wonderful person, quirky and different from anybody I have ever met but truely wonderful. We would laugh and joke all day. We found out we were a lot alike mostly because we are both a bit mischievous. Two weeks after I found out I was expecting, Melissa learned she would also have a baby. A couple of weeks later we found out we were both have baby girls. (We called it one for the good guys). We were due like a week apart and we grew like crazy. I was induced early so our girls are about three weeks apart. And she named her little girl Grace. It was great sharing the entire experience with such a great girl. I wouldn't have it any other way. Having met her I will never be the same,( Melissa, all the counseling in the world couldn't make me right again.)

This is a picture of some of my classmates. Tyson is the center, and Melissa is on the right she is holding Grace. The girl on the left is Stacy Mel, she also graduated with me.