New Years Day 2009

In the south it's a tradition that families get together and eat Ham, Black-eyed Peas, Corn Bread, and Collards for dinner. The Peas symbolize coins and the Collards dollars, the Ham and Corn Bread helps us survive the other two. We had Grandpa Eddie and Grandma Mickey over this year for this treat!

New Year family diner.

My New Year stimulus meal.

Aidan Art

While at Eddie and Mickey's for Christmas Eve I took a few pictures of dinner, but blew it on the exposure. The pictures came out way too dark. I did have some fun with one of them in Photoshop though. I call it Aidan Art. What do you think?

Christmas Eve 2008 at Grandpa Eddie's and Grandma Micky's

Every year we spend Christmas Eve with Grandpa Eddie and Grandma Mickey. It is a favorite time for the O'Donnell Clan. Great food, a fun time for the kids, and time spent with loved ones. What more can you ask for! Here are a few pictures:

Tisha made an outstanding flan for this years Christmas Eve dinner. It was THE BEST she has ever done and words could not express how much we all enjoyed it!

Ian opening his gift.

Mia's new purse. She never leaves home without it. :)

Aidan opening his Nerf Gun. Let's just say Pippin was not happy about this toy! We told Aidan if he shoots the dog again, the gun goes.

It's a little late. But Merry Christmas from the O'Donnell Clan!

Tisha's Christmas Mice

Tisha is just too creative! She made these Christmas mice for a dinner we attended at Roebuck PCA. All the kids flipped (and a lot of the adults too)!

Ian & Mia Playing at Trinity

Ian and Mia also played their guitars at Trinity this past Sunday. They played "O Come, O Come Emanuel" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen." They were quite the hit!

Recital at Converse College

Ian and Mia did a Christmas Recital at Converse College with their guitar class. They both did a wonderful job. They are really coming along and will start to learn to read music next semester.






To see a clip of Ian and Mia playing. Visit this post on their Grandmother's blog.

Trinity Youth Choir Christmas Musical

The kids have been busy this year! We'll start with the Trinity Youth Choir Christmas Musical. It was a simple program this year, but fun. Here are a few highlights:

Both Mia and Aidan had solos this year.

This was Aidan first BIG solo and he did a great job! Mia did too!

Ian is no longer in the youth choir, but that doesn't mean he's unwilling to help. He, Nancye, and Stephanie did the puppets. They were great! Nancye especially. She had Grandpa Jack laughing so hard I thought he'd have to leave. She's great on stage no matter what she does.

My favorite part of the musical was one of the last parts. The kids started with a couple of presents they used as props for the opening. At the end they use the same ones for the closing song. Aidan refused to take any other presents other than the ones he had the first time. The had to go through all of them until they found the right ones. He's something else!

Sorry about some of the red eye. I couldn't get my flash to work right with the lighting. :(