Happy New Year!

Hope everyone is having a great day. Just wanted to write a quick post and tell yall what we are doing. We are having services at our church an hour earlier than usual. Right after the service we are leaving to go to a watchnight service in Athens. Us girls will be singing and Dad is going to be preaching along with a couple of other preachers. It is not very hard for us girls to stay up till midnight... it's normal for us! (We stay on a pretty late schedule because of our singing and it's hard to get out of a routine.) What are yall doing for New Years?

My Family

It is hard to get a good picture of our whole family. There are so many of us that we are rarely all looking the same direction at the same time! This picture is an exception. This was took when we were on vacation in Arizona. We used it for our Christmas cards this year.


l to r- Rebekah, Me, Sarah, Esther, Abby, Hannah, Mom, Bethany, Dad, and Seth

Fun with Friends

Some friends of ours came over for the evening. We fixed bbq sandwiches and potato soup for supper. We all had a great time.

Esther, her friend Hannah, Rebekah and Hannah's friend, Sydney

Esther's friend, Hannah

Hannah and Sydney


Esther and Hannah

Samuel and his girlfriend, Sarah



The younger girls and Seth got a trampoline for Christmas. They all had a lot of fun jumping on the trampoline. That's a lot of people on there at once. It's a wonder they had room to jump!

The Decorating of Our Lovely Christmas Tree

We couldn't get a tree until we got back from Arizona, so there were only a few left to pick from. Ours looked really bare!

Esther, inspecting our tree.

Hannah, putting the star on top. She really can't reach, but at least she's trying.


Seth got to help put the ornaments on the tree this year.

Up In the Air

On the way home, me and Sarah got to sit in seats that overlook the left wing. I took a couple of pictures, but I'm not sure where we were when I took them. It was my first time to fly and I really enjoyed it.

I'm Back to Posting!

We went to Arizona at the first of December. I took a lot of pictures while we were there. We got to go see the Grand Canyon. It is awesome! Here is some pictures from the Grand Canyon and some mountains. The sunset is so beautiful!

More Old Pics

Thought yall might enjoy looking at some old pics I found today. Don't we look a lot different?

Papa and Dad (and Rebekah)

Papa reading a book to me and Rebekah.

Papa and Rebekah

me, Granny, and Rebekah

Me with Granny and Papa

Papa holding Bethany

Guess What!

Just wanted to write a quick post to let everybody know that me and Eric are engaged. You'll probably be hearing all about the wedding plans in future posts. I want to make my wedding dress, the bridesmaids dresses and the flower girl dresses. I should have plenty of time to get it done. If anybody has any tips on planning weddings, I'd be glad to get some advice.

Pics From Our Visit To Florida

Doing what we like to do best... eating! LOL

Riding bikes in the dark.


Watch out!!!

Playing Spoons

Uncle George and Bethany playing Chess.

Aunt Jennifer and Abby trying to figure out how to play a game.

Story Time In the Beginners Sunday School Class

I help out in the Sunday School class for 3-6 year olds. I really enjoy it. They are always saying something to make you laugh. Before telling the story, the teacher goes over what they have learned about in past weeks. Yesterday she was reviewing the story about when Jesus went to visit Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. Here' s a little of the conversation we had.

teacher: There were two ladies in this story and they were

sisters. Can anybody remember their names?

girl: I know! I know! Adam and Eve!

teacher: No. I'll give you a hint. One was named Mary.

boy : Mary and Joseph!

another boy: Jesus! It's Jesus!

A Newspaper Article from March 1936

This last week, we went to visit our grandparents. We had a great time! One thing we usually do when we are there is look at old pictures. While we were looking through the pictures, Granny and I found a copy of an article from a newspaper. I thought it was interesting and yall might enjoy reading it. It is about Granny's family.

Covington County
Man 32, Wife 30, Have 12 Children

(Reprint from the Covington County Star Newspaper, March 1936)

Mrs. Dell O'Neal Hart, in charge of the Covington County Welfare worker told a representative of The Star of a most interesting case which came under her observation this week. The case in point was that of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Thomason who live on Andalusia, Route 4, on a small farm which they rent from the owner who lives in Opp, Al. The husband is 32 years old and the wife 30.

Twins born to them on Feb. 29th, making twelve children in the family, the oldest of which will be twelve years of age on March 16th. Three of the children were to young to walk.

The father owns a cow and as ox, with the latter he does his plowing and cultivates his crop. He has managed to keep the wolf from the door and Mrs. Hart says he has not been on the relief rolls for the past two or three years. This does not mean that they have an abundance or even a reasonable plenty of anything. In fact, Mrs. Hart reports that none of the children have had shoes or stockings for the whole winter. Some of the children have attended the neighborhood school fairly regularly, Mrs. Hart stated, but she was at a loss to know how it was managed.

The mother is 30 and who looks to be much younger, according to Mrs. Hart's report she has given birth to ten children in the last nine and one-half years. Mrs. Hart has stated that Mrs. Thomason has not been attended by a physician at the time of the birth of the last six children.

On visiting this home, Mrs. Hart carried clothes for the children along with groceries and canned goods which she felt would supply a need that the parents would not mention.

Mrs. Hart states that the roof of the house leaks and that the beds have to be moved when it rains.

A roster of the children shows their names and birthdays as follows:
Clyde Maxwell, born March 16,1924
Randolph, born April 25, 1925
William Earl, born July 7,1926
Sybil Louise, born April 28, 1928
Jessie Lee, born May 1, 1929
Lillian Mae, born May 6, 1930
Ennis and Dennis (twins), born April 24, 1932
Edna Merle, born October 23, 1933
Eugene, born January 12, 1935
Mabel and Mavis (Granny) (twins), born February 29, 1936

Children born after this article was printed:
Gerald, born March 6, 1937
Ernest and Bernest (twins), born July 31, 1940
Elizabeth, born August 10, 1941
Margaret, born September 3, 1942
Gail, born July 15, 1946

a total of 18 children

Me and Eric

Sarah put 'bunny ears' on me in this picture, but unlike Bethany, I was nice and didn't hurt her. (If you haven't read Rebekah's story about Bethany and what she thinks about 'bunny ears' you ought to!)

Just Jamming

The Banjo Pickers

Sarah and Joshua

Cutting Hair

Last Thursday, I had a lot of stuff to get done. One of the things I needed to do is trim hair for several of my sisters. I had cut hair before, but I had never done any layering . I just trimmed Sarah's and Esther's hair, but Hannah wanted me to layer her hair. I really didn't want to do it cause I was afraid that I might mess it up. I took a picture so yall can tell me how you think it looks.

Workin' Hard

This is a picture of Esther making some southern style sweet tea.


Abby is working hard to make her bed up. It's hard to make a full sized bed all by yourself. :)

This is Sarah working hard on her school work. She is trying finish soon so that she can graduate in November.

Random Pics

I guess most of yall are wondering why I have been putting so many post on here lately, so I'll explain why. We have a lot of computer problems. We have several computers, but something is wrong with every one of them. Rebekah swapped the computers out for a short time so it makes it a lot easier for me to post. I don't how long this will last, but I'm going to try to post as much as I can. This is just random pics that I took yesterday. This is a picture of Seth. Lately, he has been closing his eyes really tight when I try to get a picture of him. He thinks he's really funny.

Hannah picking on her little sister, Esther.
Look at how calm Esther is, even though she is about to get it.

Rebekah doing what she likes best.

Hannah copying her big sister.

More Fall Decorations

Yesterday I posted pics of the flower arrangements at the church. So today I decided to post some pics of the arrangements that I made for the fellowship building. This is one of the smaller ones.


This is the big one. I put it in the center of the serving table.

Old Pics

I thought some of yall might enjoy seeing some old pictures of us girls. This is Abby and Bethany in January 2005.

Here's a picture of me practicing mandolin when we were at our
grandparents house in March 2005.

This is Esther at Mule Day 2005.

Sarah and Bethany
June 2005


Hannah
June 2005

Beka
April 2005