Christmas is near!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted one time in the month of December.  I will try my best to catch you guys up in this post.  If it starts to get long I may break it up into multiple post.

On Dec. 1st, we went to Tuscaloosa with the intentions of going to the Bama/Georgetown basketball game.  Jerry and I rode up there with Dog and Janice.  Once we got to Reese's house John-John met us as he was our ride for the evening.  DeAnn decided to come up Thursday Night instead of Friday, so we started talking about not going to the game.  In our discussion about eating it came up that John-John had NEVER been to Dreamland.  I was very disturbed by this and in total shock.  Needless to say we bailed on the game and headed to Jug Factory Road.  We had a great meal but I didn't feel right about ordering baked beans for DeAnn.  We had close to 2 loaves of bread with sauce on top of the ribs.  Eating there started the weekend off right.

Friday morning we all were slow getting up because we had time to kill.  We kicked around MacFarland until lunch when we headed towards campus.  Our intentions were to hit Gallette's for a yellowhammer since it was Gameday.  They weren't opening until 6 and didn't buy our claims that it was gameday.  I guess high school football doesn't count.  We hit Buffalo Phil's and camped there until it was time to go to BDS.  We did make a quick trip to the Walk of Champions in between that was very neat to see.  We bid farewell to our friends at Phil's and made the short walk to the stadium to see the Elba Tigers play.  It was very special to see one of my hometown team play in such a legendary facility.  I know it meant a ton to the players and coaches.  Elba ended up overcoming a half-mile of penalties to beat Tanner pretty bad.  Elba had a lot of support as a couple thousand were there to support the Tigers.  We got back into Elba in time to pick up D's college friend, Robyn, and get to the school and meet the bus.

Saturday we had planned to have a Christmas Party with a few friends at the house and even though we were tired we knew we had work to do.  We had everything ready and had time to hit the Christmas parade before the party started.  The party ended up being a great time as we had a good crowd that was in a festive mood.  The only problem was one couple was working as a team in dirty Santa and  I told DeAnn we would have to think before inviting them back. (Bradley I expect this out of Hope, but figured you were better than that)  It was truly a fun night!

This past weekend we went to the AAL Christmas party in the atrium at the MPAC.  We had a very good time and probably stayed in Montgomery a little to long.  It is nice to know all the folks that help me walk everyday are really wonderful people.

Well my time is about up.  If I don't get back on here before Christmas, I hope you all have a blessed day and I greatly appreciate your continued support.

Fins Up and Merry Christmas,
Jr.