Saturday, January 8, 2011

"The Holidays" Part 1


Well, it has been quite a while, hasn't it? So, here are some pictures of the last few weeks in our family.  We traveled to Missouri/Arkansas in October/November to see our children and the beautiful leaves changing. After a couple weeks, we headed back to Florida for a couple of weeks, then back to Missouri for Thanksgiving. What a blessed, though busy, time that was!

The picture above won't go anywhere else, so I am leaving it there. When we came home to Florida between jaunts to Missouri, sweet Sarah came back with us.  What a treat for Grandmother and Granddaddy! Here she adorns an old pecan tree at the Red Barn Pecan Farm in Leesburg, GA.  We loved stopping there on the way up and back! Delicious, fresh pecans, and the manager had gone to Bible School near our home in FL, so we had common interests.  God has His people everywhere!

On the way up and back, we were blessed to stop at the Powers' home in Georgia. They sweetly feed us and offer the most pleasant sleeping room for us. We love stopping there, and hope to return the hospitality someday, if we can convince them to travel to Florida.
Sweeties Mary and Callie Stricklen came up to Missouri for Thanksgiving with their family. What a blessing to have the family together for Thanksgiving! The Stricklens loved spending time with their cousins and getting to know the little ones better.

Three Little Sisters (I titled this one because of another pictures further down!)  How precious to have all three of my little girls together!

Daughter Molly and me at Thanksgiving time in Missouri
Well, how's this for out of order?  Darlin' Child Margaret Anne on our lovely trip to the Barn Antiques in Florida before Christmas. We girls love going to the Barn every December, and it has become an anticipated tradition!
What fun to get into "Cranium" as a family! We even got some of the "men" to do charades, act out songs, draw blindfolded -- what fun!  It turns out that everyone now wants Abby and Gracie on their team -- they have become the champs -- Grandmother loses her title!

Cranium is serious business, y'all!

On the way home, mid-November, Sarah in front of the Langston House, one of our favorite places to stop (part of Henderson Village in Georgia). It is such a lovely place -- a collection of old Georgia homes, now a bed and breakfast and wonderful restaurant.

Can you tell Grandmother is basking in the attention of darlin' grandsons who have become men of God! I love spending time with them, and it is far too rare!

On the way home with Sarah, we also stopped at the Whiddon home in Georgia. What a precious family! They always welcome us like they love us (which they do!) and make our stay blessed, whether long or short! Thank you, dear Whiddon family!

Back to Missouri:  Granddaddy loves getting down on the floor with the little ones. Here, the hallway makes a great staging area for building with blocks. It is so precious how the little ones from Florida just fit right in within a few minutes, and they are best of friends before they have to leave.

Sweet Ashley turned out to be a real animated Cranium player!

While we were in Missouri, a friend of the Dischers turned 90, we were invited to go with them for her birthday celebration.  The Discher girls chose to honor her with an Andrews sisters song, "Three Little Sisters", from the '40s era.  Here they are dressed in Army, Navy, and Marine (kinda) outfits, which portray the song well.  They did an absolutely fabulous job! Well done, girls!
Okay, one more Cranium picture!  Even the little ones loved getting into the act! Can you tell Abigail is quite engaged?

Granddaddy and C J at the Red Barn. C J learned a lot about how the pecans are picked and processed, and we loved having him and Abby on one of our trips home.

 Thank you, Lord, for enabling us to travel back and forth to see our dear ones, and for your hand of mercy on our travels!   Coming soon (hopefully!) Holidays Part 2 !

6 comments:

The Stricklen Family said...

We had such a nice Thanksgiving with everyone :)
I miss all those children so much.
Those pecans were SOOOO good!
We had a wonderful time with you at The Barn as usual!! Needed more pictures of that though :(

I love that picture of Daddy and the little ones!

Love you!
Molly

Anonymous said...

Very nice pictures Gmama:)
I hope y'all can come up in the Spring:)

Love and miss y'all!!!!!

~Markie~

The Dischers said...

Lovely post!

"God has His people everywhere!" AMEN!!!

I take issue with the statement that "Grandmother has lost her title" That is certainly not true! Although Grace and Abby are rising stars to be sure. Jason, Katie, and RG make pretty desirable teammates as well!

In the picture with Granddaddy on the floor, I think the most precious part of the whole picture is that joyful bearded face peeking out in the midst of little grandchildren :)

Love you!
Beth

Whiddon Family said...

Hey Mrs. Frodge,

We did enjoy y'alls (short) stay.
Can't wait until next time!

Love the Red Barn in Leesburg. Wouldn't it be the cutest thing to turn into a home?! Us girls have always loved that little place....

Have a great week. Stay warm! ;)

Lovingly,
~Mallory~

Bonnie said...

My deepest and most sincere apology to faithful friends and family who have written sweet comments! I totally forgot that "comment moderation has been enabled"! And I failed to hit "publish" when I received email notification. I just read the comment on my cell phone and thanked the Lord that someone had cared enough to comment!

Because I read on my cell phone, I didn't take the time to scroll all the way down and notice the choices, one of which was "publish". Then the emails were cheerfully deleted! Oh my!

Well, let me once again thank you all for sweet comments and for faithfully checking in. If you feel like re-commenting, I will surely be diligent this time. Otherwise, you will not hurt my feelings, and I hope I haven't hurt yours!

Asking for another chance, I remain,
Bonnie/Mother/Grandmother

The Dischers said...

Well, I did comment the first time around but surely don't mind commenting again :) I enjoyed the last few posts much! It's always so nice to "recap" these precious visits! That picture of Sarah up top is beautiful.

Love,
Beth