Smith's and Gilbert's Visit/Surprise Party

Alton and Sherry visited us Sunday through Tuesday, and Al and KK were with us Monday through Tuesday. They were here for a surprise birthday party for Larry on Monday night, and he was totally surprised. Yes, I am writing and I admit that I had no clue about what was going on. It was a great party. Cheryl, Amanda and Allison conspired and rented the local skating rink and prepared lots of food. The party had a sixties theme, and, yes, Cheryl and I both skated. I only fell twice and once was with Jordan when I first got on the floor and the other was during the race when I was trying to grab AJ and hold her back so she would not beat me! No, I was not sore the next day!

Christmas at Ton Tenga

Barnetts visit

Cindy and Mike B visited Ton Tenga December 19-20.

Aunt AJ again!

Jenna Beth Hunter

Jenna Beth Hunter
Born December 17, 2008
8lb. 1.5oz, 20 inches
Rome, GA

Lariat

Here's some shots of "new" pickup.

Rainy days

Finally getting some much-needed rain

Feeding time

Getting acquainted!

It was in 60s today, but low of 17 tomorrow night!

Making Christmas Cookies

Baby Goat

Mimi and Pop's visit/Amanda pregnant

Here's our "new" car -- '05 Pontiac Grand Prix. Leather interior, heated seats, and FOUR doors! I love it! cc



Amanda, Jeff, Collin, Jordan & Caleb at Amanda's 30th birthday party. Jenna Beth will join the family on December 17.

The colors just keep getting more and more beautiful! Rain is predicted for later this week, so this is probably as good as it's going to get:

Fall Beauty

Just wanted to share with all of you some of the fall beauty that surrounds us here at Ton Tenga ---

Camping and new residents

The newest fun thing to do on the farm is camping out. Papa did some bushhogging on top of the mountain, and then Jeff, Collin & Jordan finished clearing off a campsite and made a fire ring. They have camped out twice and are still working on making improvements to the site so that it will be ready for their cousins to enjoy with them.


Meet the three new residents of Ton Tenga -- Laverne, Ethel and Doris. We know that at least two of them are "with kid", so our animal population continues to grow!
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Small changes, new pictures

It's been pretty quiet around the farm since Larry and Cheryl have been visiting Jeremy and Kimberly and the girls for a couple of weeks. The dogs have been constant companions for me and I think consider themselves my helpers when we feed the cows. The view of the house is from the back pasture that hasn't been fenced yet but Larry has been working on clearing. I've also included a picture of the new section of the driveway that has made the ascent to the house a bit less precarious.

The welcome sign at the start of the driveway is finally hung – thanks Danny and Cayson! I've cut okra several times and appreciate it even more now. It can even be kind of pretty, eh?

AJ