Thanksgiving 2007

Let the gorging begin.

The Mad Gab game was no match for the Hilligoss/Lavy bunch.

I got to be with my Grandpa today. How cute is he? I think Grandma will need a shotgun to ward off of all the ladies in the Home. Pretty good lookin' for an 87 year old huh? He is as sharp as a tack!

My mom and her sister, Connie.

Mom's front porch looks so cute I think.

Ping pong tournaments in the Lavy garage.

All the cousins at Thanksgiving this year. (We were short quite a few.)

Jay is quite goofy. I can't ever get a serious picture.

Me with Grandma and Grandpa Lavy.

The Baker clan with the new addition, Maverick Bryant Baker.

I got a picture of my first quilt. My mom had it for a long time. If you look at the top left block, the you can tell the blue is faded in a couple of the triangles.

Maverick in his Colt's sleeper.

Tyler and CJ with Kristen in the background.

Me holding the cutie pie.

Relaxing

While most of you are running around like turkeys with your heads cut off, I sit calm and relaxed. I simply have 4 pies to bake and 56 rolls to make. No problem....

Work was so hectic today that I didn't know that lunch time came and went except that my stomach kept growling. I am just now sitting down to eat my quesadilla lunch, which was actually pretty good. So compared to my work today, baking pies and rolls doesn't really matter too much.

Happy Thanksgiving to all! I was hoping we would get to play our football game tomorrow but if it rains there is no way I am going out there. I was just sick for two days. Below are the Lavy linebackers. Wink!

Tagged by Lyn

I've been tagged again so here goes....

• Quilting has become my passion in the last year. It all started with a sewing machine my Mom graciously gave me for Christmas last year. All in all, I've completed 1 king size quilt, 3 queen/full size quilts, 2 lap quilts, working on a 4th queen size and have another twin size quilt cut out. These are handquilted so it may not seem like much but to me it was. I love them all, even though I gave two away. My Mom has the most famous one: the first one that I did in highschool under the instruction of La Senora. I believe it still hangs on her living room wall.
• I enjoy working at the Jail although it does have its weeks. I keep the website up and running although I've been told that a major glitch that occurs every once in a while will never be fixed so that annoys me to no end, but I am living with it. http://www.jail.campbellcounty.ky.gov/
• Thanksgiving is probably my favorite day of the year. We have a family football game if possible every year. Bundle up and freeze as we run around trying to catch the pigskin with our cold rubbery hands. I believe I caught the winning touchdown last year if I am not mistaken. Food is always a plus.
• I married a wonderful man who I love with all my heart. It sometimes still hits me that I got the best guy in the world. He does everything he can to make our life wonderful together.
• Last but not least (and so no one bugs me for a while) NO, we aren't having kids in the near future. Sorry!

Weekend

Nope, still haven't gotten my refund back. We called the next morning at 8:15 when the manager was to be there ("She will be in first thing in the morning") and of course, she was not there, neither was she there at 3 p.m. or 6 p.m. Today I received a message from the corporate office and I gave them more specifics from my gas receipt. I couldn't believe how rude they were.

Actually (Lyn) we were in Virginia visiting some family of family. We were curious to see what was happening in Roanoke, VA. Some family of family had set out to accomplish an awesome goal. 1000 new believers, 100 full-time Christian workers and 10 church plants in 10 years. Their goal at Parkway House of Prayer is "Win, Build, Send." They have started 8 churches in the Phillipines and 4 churches in Virginia in 7 years. I am not sure where they are at on the 100 and the 1000 goals but it is awesome what God has been doing for them. The church below is sort of the "hub" church. They grew to around 500 people. They took approximately 50-75 people and started a new church. That church grew big enough that some of the original 50-75 went back to the original church. Two more churches have started and are still going strong. We visited one of the planted churches and they now have two services as they have outgrown their sanctuary.

Football and Boycott

Today we traveled to Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Quite a neat place. We watched close to the first half of a college football game, my first live one. Below are some pictures. We also watched the Soard Dunk team which was pretty neat. They really got some air using those trampoline thingies.

Jay is quite proud that he caught me sleeping again. How rude.

Now...for the boycott. I am totally ticked right now. BP Gas station in Virginia. We stopped to get gas and a car wash. They had signs all over the place about their Supreme car wash blah blah blah. We get our gas and our little ticket with our car wash code on it. Pull up to the car wash and it says out of order. Jay goes inside with the receipt and the Visa card. The dude behind the counter refused to give him his money back saying that the manager was the only one who could do that and she wasn't there. Even after explaining that we were out of state and just wanted our $4 back, they wouldn't do anything. The guy had the nerve to tell Jason that he was wasting the folks time who were waiting in line behind him. GRRRR!!!! People! I called my bank and I am going to dispute the $4 car wash charge simply on principle. How rude! If you don't provide the service to the customer for which they have already paid for, legally you have to refund their money. They simply refused to do so and ended being rude to Jason. I called the number they gave us to call and talked to someone else who ended up hanging up on ME! I was just asking questions. So don't buy gas from BP!!! (Can you tell I am ticked?)