Down To The River To Pray

Last Sunday, Delie, George, Samuel, Anna, and I were baptized. It was a very special time for all of us, and lots of our extended family came (as well as some sweet friends of ours who were visiting from out of state). We were baptized in the cow trough, because it was near and snake-free (unlike the pond :)

As I went down to the river to pray,

Studyin' about that good ol' way.

And who shall wear the starry crown?

Good lord, show me the way.

Oh brothers, let's go down,

Let's go down, come on down.

Oh brothers, let's go down,

Down to the river to pray.

As I went down to the river to pray,

Studyin' about that good ol' way.

And who shall wear the star and the crown?

Good Lord, show me the way.

Oh sisters, let's go down,

Let's go down, come on down.

Oh sisters, let's go down,

Down to the river to pray.

As I went down to the river to pray,

Studyin' about that good ol' way.

And who shall wear the robe and the crown?

Good Lord, show me the way.

Oh sinners, let's go down,

Let's go down, come on down.

Oh sinners, let's go down,

Down to the river to pray.

Joy

The Life at Moss Farm

Hello, everyone!
I'm sorry it's been such a long time since we bloged. Here's what's been going on:

James is now 2 months old. Here's a picture of him:

James makes William seem like such a big boy.
Recently, William started sleeping in the girl's room. He is so cute when he has his camo pj's on in a purple room that is very girly.

Here's something Thomas found for himself and William.

I hope you all had a nice Fourth of July,we did. In the morning we went to Paw Paw's house (Mommy's father.) Paw Paw bought a house about 15 miles away from us.

In the morning we swam, then we ate lunch, then Joy, Delie, George, Samuel and I, went exploring in Paw Paw's woods. Joy found a bridge.

After that we went back and swam again.
Then we went to the Bizzell's house.

George and Kirk Bizzell eating homemade ice cream.

Samuel playing TetherballRebbecca Bizzell and Miss Erin with Sparklers.

I didn't get any good pictures of the fireworks, but it was fun watching them.

~Anna~

It's a Boy!

We're so late in blogging that most of you have probably already heard of the birth of

James Warren Moss

Born: May 6, 2011 at 7:51 a.m.

Weight: 9 pounds, 8 ounces.

Height: 21 1/2 inches.

He was born the day after Daddy's birthday and came home from the hospital on Mother's Day.

Congratulations to everyone who wrote that they thought he would be a brown-haired boy in our Which Will It Be? book! This includes Samuel, Mr. Bryan, Demie, Dandle, Dobson, and Daylie Moore, and Paw Paw.

We are all so thankful for this precious little boy!

"Sons are a heritage from the LORD,

children a reward from him."

Psalm 127:3

-Delie

Merry Belated Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I'm sorry we're so late in blogging about our Christmas and New Years celebrations.

We've been pretty busy lately but here the post finally is.

We celebrated Christmas with Daddy's family on the 22nd and 23rd. The Currie children came over on the 23rd, we made gingerbread houses with them. It was hard to see Anna and Martha's house through the candy and icing!

We had a Christmas recital that night. Mamie, Daddy's mother, has been teaching us piano for the past few years. This year Anna and I took a break and learned violin from Joy instead.

On Christmas morning we exchanged our homemade gifts. Every year on June 25 (half way to Christmas) we draw names and each person has half a year to make the person who's name they drew a present. Anna made Daddy this poster of pictures our family and of Daddy as a little boy.

Joy drew Samuel's name and made him stilts from coffee cans. He loved wearing them!

After Christmas we went to Virginia to visit our dear friends the Moores. The Moody family came over for New Year's, it was nice to meet their family.


All the boys enjoyed playing foosball! Erin Moody, Dabney Moore and William watched their big brothers play.

On New Year's Eve we had another recital with the Moores and Moodys.

The six oldest Moore children played this piece on their instruments. It is called "Star of Bethlehem." Darbie Lee (13) and DeLane (14) played the violin, Dain (10) played the mandolin, Dane' (17) played the hammer dulcimer, Demie (18) played the guitar and Daylie (8) played the tambourine (sorry, Daylie, I don't think I got you on camera).

We had a great time of fellowship and fun with them. They were wonderful hosts and hostesses.

I hope you have all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

~Delie, for the Moss family

Christmas Doings on (and off!) the Moss Farm

This is a quick update because I'm in a hurry. Lord willing, I'll do a picture blog post soon


We have been very busy here at the Moss home. We spent Wednesday and Thursday with Daddy's family in Brownsville. We got to see some family members we hadn't seen since Thanksgiving, so that was fun. With thirteen grandchildren under fourteen, there was always plenty of excitement. George and I take piano from Mamie (our grandmother name for Daddy's mother), and we had our piano recital yesterday.

Mommy's daddy, Paw Paw, is moving up here from MS! We have been helping him move, and we love his new house. We are very glad he is moving up here!

On Tuesday we went to Memphis for to see Mommy's O.B. for an ultrasound. We like to wait to wait for the baby to be born to find out if it is a boy/girl, but we loved getting to "see" the baby. We also went to Delie's doctor for her prosthesis.

On Monday we went to our pediatrician, and Samuel and William got shots. Samuel was such a brave boy, and he never cried. We were very proud of him. (It helped that he got to pick where we ate if he didn't cry. He picked Chick-fil-a!)

George and Daddy have joined a father/son Christian scouting-type program called ALERT Cadet, so on Saturday we went to a Christmas party to meet the other families in the group. The group is in Memphis, and Daddy would like to start a group closer to our home, so if you are interested in joining please let Daddy know.

Tomorrow we are having all our extended family that are in town out here for Christmas breakfast.

Oh, it's supposed to snow tonight. Not much, but maybe we'll have a white Christmas after all!

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas celebrating the birth of our Savior!

Joy, for the Mosses