Snow, by Anna

Yesterday Elizabeth, Martha, and Amy (our cousins) came because their parents were at a wedding. It started snowing soon after they got here, the more snow fell the more the ground got covered. Every thing was going pretty well until Mamie (our Grandmother) called asking us to pray for her, about 20 minutes later she called us saying that she was stuck, Daddy got her out. Praise God!!! They didn't really want to go back so they spent the night here. In the morning we played outside.

Anna

Ice (by Delie)

This past Saturday our pond iced, after breakfast we went outside to "skate." It was so much fun! Thomas loved it (as you can probably tell by the picture below).

But he and Samuel did fall down a few times, (below).

I took this picture of George making an "ice angel."

This picture I took of Daddy and Joy sitting by the pond.


Mommy and Anna danced on the ice.

We had lots of fun!!!

Delie Marie Moss

Spa Night (for real!)

Last Thursday, we Moss ladies had a spa night at our cousins', the Carpenters, house. It was their birthday gift to our great grandmother Mama Em. We ate pizza, played games, took pictures, did "spa things", and just had a fun time.

Elizabeth putting lotion on our feet. She can tickle.

We got a spa kit consisting of Kleenexes, finger nail polish, a nail care kit, a back massaging thing, and flip flops.

Anna painted her nails.

Massaging our hands. Left to right: Mama Em, Martha, Joy (me), and Elizabeth.


Joy

Island Vacation

We just returned from a island vacation in the Bahamas. We took a private cruise, stayed there three days, and wore flip flops the whole time. I'm kidding.

In reality we went to Davis Island, a hunting island in the middle of the Mississippi River. All nineteen Mosses went to stay at a three bedroom lodge, because Big George (Daddy's father) has a hunting membership there.

Us on the barge crossing the river.

Davis Island is named after Joseph Davis, the brother of Jefferson Davis, the president of the south during the Civil War. Both brothers had plantations on Davis Island, but Joseph lived there more. There are several old ruins there, and above is the library.

Three generations of Campbells and Mosses. Big George's best friend growing up was Mr. Richard Campbell, and the two families have come to the island together often.

Uncle Philip shot a deer, much to cousin Philip's delight. Georgie was right in the middle of the whole gutting process. Sorry about the picture, I've built up a immune system through killing roosters.

We had a small accident. All the houses on the island are built on stilts or hills to prevent flooding. Our house was on a hill and Mamie and Big George's all terrain vehicle was parked at the top of the hill, while all the other cars (ours included) were parked at the bottom. We heard shouting outside, and saw the all terrain vehicle rolling down the hill (with no one in it) towards our aunt's Suburban. The hill was long enough and steep enough, that it would have been a big smash, but the all terrain vehicle turned and and stopped right between our van and the Suburban. It broke the one of our headlights, but Daddy fixed it. Thank you, God!

Joy

Some Things I Love About Christmas, by Joy

Now that it is Christmas, I would like to share with you some of my favorite things about Christmas.

• I love the smells of Christmas. Smells of hot cocoa and hot cider. Smells of chocolate just beginning to harden, and cinnamon wafting through the house.


• I love the feel of Christmas. While everything outside is cold, inside everything is warm and everyone is full of good cheer.


• I love the memories of Christmas. Memories of getting together with family and sharing the season. Memories of going caroling with the church in Bristol, VA.


• I love the tastes of Christmas. Chocolate covered Oreos, peanut butter balls, cheese straws. I could go on and on.


• I love the sights of Christmas. Wreaths on the windows, candles in the windows, Christmas trees in the windows...are you sensing a pattern here? I also love our nativity scene.


• I love the spirit of Christmas. The spirit of giving and not receiving. Although we receive gifts too! And I'm not saying I mind!


• I love the sounds of Christmas. Carols, Christmas piano recitals, Christmas wishes, laughter, Salvation Army bells. Christmas sounds are so pretty.


• I love the true meaning of Christmas. I love that Jesus came to earth as a little baby, born in a stable in Bethlehem. I love that it's CHRISTmas.
  

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Joy