Couple More Christmas Eve Photos

Oh cool, Teresa was kind enough to bring down a few photos that she shot on Christmas Eve as well so now I have a good photo of Richard who finally got to meet Erin and one of his nieces and nephew. Richard got some Transformers for Christmas (now there's a shocker ... not sure what we'll do if they ever quit making those toys).



Tickles me how intrigued Landon is by cell phones and other electronics. Hmmm, who does that remind me of?

Christmas Eve 2008

Well, we got to have all the kids over except for Justin, Jessica & Kyleigh and we had a very wonderful dinner thanks to my lovely bride / girlfriend, Teresa!

Christmas was a little more "lean" this year than others but it was so special to have family over but I wish we had more time to spend together as a family. At least I beat Travis in Wii Tennis (guess there will be a rematch). :-)

Teresa and I had fun playing on the Wii (our gift to each other) on Christmas Day. I even let her win a few times (oops, I forgot she reads this blog as well). Nice knowing all of you .....

Anyway, here is my favorite photo from Christmas Eve .... Love to ALL of my fammily this Christmas holiday ... Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Pre-Christmas Fun w/Larry

Well, Larry H & I went out and did a little target practicing a few days before Christmas and had a wonderful time. I forgot to take my camera with us so I could get a few shots of us shooting and having fun!

It was funny to turn around from my sessions and see several people watching me and a couple of them gave me thumbs up for my accuracy. They were extremely curious about my rifle and it was funny watching Larry try to explain what it is. :-)

Anyway, here is the last target I shot to see if I could be fairly accurate and reasonably quick at the same time. I was very happy with the results.

Two More Photos of Leah (one of me) ..

Well sometimes you just have to take the good with the bad so I've included two pictures of Leah with one of them including me. :-)

Not getting to see much of her or Travis and his family lately due to this major task force I've been assigned to at work which meets ALL day, EVERY day at one of our technical centers.

Had a wonderful time going out with Teresa for dinner last night at O'Charley's in Eastgate (for those of you who are familiar with that area), went to Best Buy for a little Christmas shopping and then went over to Travis and Sarah's house to visit every one. Had a great time; I just wish all of us were together ... especially at this time of year. I sure appreciate all the phone calls from my boys and family.

Teresa's neices and winter prom 2008

When I visited Knoxville recently, Bethany, age 16 (in the black dress) and Shali age 15 (in the camo-looking dress) were dressing up for winter prom. They sure are growing up beautifully!

As you can As you can tell, I'm a proud aunt! These are the girls who call me TeeTa all the time. Their dad, when he was a toddler, couldn't say Teresa. So the tradition has carried over to their generation and now I'm also "Mamaw TeeTa."

Another Grand-Daughter Enters the Gobble Clan

Well, yesterday (4 Dec 2008) at 2:49pm Leah Mackenzie Gobble was born in Christ Hospital to Travis & Sarah. Leah weighed 6 lbs, 3 ozs and was 19.5 inches long! She is such a cutie, but then, ALL of my grand children are!! No bias here. Nope.

Here are a few photos with more to follow. Just finished talking to Travis, and Sarah will be released from the hospital and coming home this evening around 7:30pm so Teresa and I will go over and see everyone at their house after attending a High Priest Social for the Milford Ward (where I'm assigned as High Councilor) which is very close to their house.

How to Make Kyleigh React ...

Here is a wonderful video that we shot inside of the Dairy Queen (and got more than a few strange looks but who cares?).

Jessica would "attack" Kyleigh and blow bubbles on her neck and make her laugh and clutch at her Dad.

Kyleigh with one set of her Grandparents!

Of course, it is an actually LEGAL REQUIREMENT to include pictures of grandchildren with their grandparents (look it up). ;-)

So here are a couple of shots of Kyleigh with Mamaw Teeta (tea-ta, a nickname given to Teresa by her younger brother when he couldn't say Teresa)



And a great shot of Kyleigh with her Papaw (I don't have to include Russ because no one else wants that title which is fine by me since I have always cherished it) ...

Halloween 2008

Here are a few pictures of Kyleigh that were taken down in Norton, VA at Mamaw Fannie's house around Halloween (actually at the local Dairy Queen ... where else would you find Jessica and Teresa?).



Jessica had made Kyleigh a black cat costume that was really cute along with a long, black tail (it was funny how many people commented on it). We had so much fun being together again. :-)