San Francisco

Thank you Brett & Kelsey for a FABULOUS time in San Francisco.

Y'all planned such great things and we had the most fun ever.

One of our most favorite things was the Oyster Farm.  Brett & Kelsey prepared a

picnic and we drove to an Oyster Farm and ate raw oysters and we

grilled oysters.  It was the most fun experience 

and the oysters was scrumptious.  

This is us at the Oyster Farm!

 We went to the the Academy of Arts & Sciences.

This is Bethany & I sitting in the "Papa Bear Chair".

And of course, the famous Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park.

And a great surprise for Randy was:

On Father's Day, Brett & Kelsey took us to Golden Gate Fields

for the horse races.  Randy loved it!

That was soooooo sweet!

Kelsey prepared a delicious dinner for us.  Thank you Kelsey!

It was so good and you even brought us "It's It's" for dessert.  

They were almost as good as your delicious meal.

There were MANY highlights of the trip, but another special highlight was

our "ALCATRAZ" night tour.  It was very interesting.  Randy was especially excited

because he has always been fascinated with Alcatraz and the history of the prison.

OVERALL, our entire trip was amazing!

Thank you Brett & Kelsey for being such a great

host & hostess and tour guide and

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING CHILDREN THAT YOU BOTH ARE.

WE ARE BLESSED!

Love Dad, Mom, Bethany & Nonna

Mother's Day Cuteness

Bethany gave me a very pretty necklace and a beautiful personalized card for Mother's Day. Then she threw in this little "personalized carry-all surprise". I just had to post a picture of it since it was so cute!

Creative Streak

Last Saturday Dad cleaned the deck from all of the pollen. Everything looked so nice and refreshed. He even got creative and made this for me as a planter. Didn't he do good. Thank you honey for my lovely surprise.

It was a good day.

"Love isn't buying someone flowers or chocolate or a card, Love is God becoming flesh and dying on the cross for His creation."

I read this quote yesterday and it really encouraged me. Not because it was Valentine's Day but becaue of the truth that it holds. I think so often we take the love of God for granted but thank the Lord, His mercies are new every morning. I hope you all had a good Valentine's Day and I hope you are challenged and encouraged to strive to love the Father more every day. Like Mom mentioned in her post . . . Not only is Dad a wonderful husband to my mom, He never ever never forgets me on Valentine's Day even when I live an hour away. Below is a few pics from my day. One of my surprises from Dad - O'Henry's Coffee "Valentine's Blend". He knows me too well.

This was the highlight of my night last night. What a better way to spend Valentine's Day than with the Alabama Basketball Team?? I mean, we lost to Florida, but we still had a great time.

I Am Blessed!

As always, my Valentine always treats me to

"The 14 Days of Valentines"

which is a tradition that he created

JUST FOR ME!!

I am so thankful for my husband and

I make sure I tell God EVERY DAY

how thankful I am for the gift that he as given me.

Not because he buys my presents,

but because he is a

godly man and a godly father,

and his life is

an amazing example of godliness.

Randy

"God blessed me the day that I married you"

I love you!

Love,

Your Valentine

Guess Who . . .

. . . is being inducted into Eta Sigma Delta

Honor Society for the C.H.E.S.

that's right - BETHANY!!!!

Congratulations - we are very proud of you.!!

Just to brighten your day!

Quesadilla noche al Jones casa. (Translation: Quesadilla night at the Jones house.)

QUESADILLA NIGHT

I made dinner for mom & dad tonight.

Hasta Manana

IN OTHER NEWS...

I MADE THE PRESDIENTS' LIST.

YES, WITH A 4.15 GPA.

I promise we're not dead.

I thought I would post something since it's been a while since anyone has put anything on here.

This post is especially for Brett since I know how much

he loves the place I am about to talk about.

Yesterday I went to church with Mom & Dad and afterwards we had lunch at....

It was so good. We wish you could have been here to enjoy it with us.

Especially....the peanut butter pie. It was heavenly.

Alabama Theatre

The Alabama Theatre does a tradiiton every year called "The Holiday Film Series".

They open the theatre up and play old and new christmas movies the entire month of December.

It is so much fun to go to. So me & a few friends from church

went on Saturday night & saw "White Christmas"

It was so much fun, this place is so beautiful.

One of my favorite things about their Christmas movie series is the man playing

the old organ at the beginning. Everyone sings Christmas carols together.

This was our view. (pic below)

This chandelier is one of the prettiest things in the theatre.

Me & some of the girls in the group.

Funny/awkward story: This man(whom looks like Santa Claus) sat behind us during

the movie. I wanted to get my picture with him the entire time but kept chickening out.

After the movie was over, we walked into the lobby and saw him sitting in this chair.

We just jumped to the conclusion that he was obviously the santa for the Alabama Theatre.

So considering the circumstances at this point...I ran over, jumped in his lap and started chatting

with him. I asked why he didn't have a line of people waiting to sit on

his lap. Turns out, he WASN'T the Santa for the Alabama Theatre. He was just a nice old

man who happened to look like Santa. He was only sitting in the chair while he

waited on his wife and daughter to use the restroom. Let's just say everyone

got a good laugh out of the situation. He was a good sport though. And his wife and daughter thought it was quite hilarious when they saw what had happened.

I hope you are all having a great holiday season.

Jones Family Christmas

Click here to view the Jones Family Christmas

Merry Christmas,

Randy, Cathi, Brett, Kelsey, & Bethany

Christmas Baking

Three of my friends have a birthday this month so last night we went out

to eat to celebrate all of them. I finally make CAKEPOPS.

They turned out great & were so yummy.

I also did some holiday baking this week.

Homemade Gingerbread: BEFORE

AFTER

This tree was my favorite.

To celebrate our 30th Anniversary next year, Randy and I along with some close friends from church took a cruise on the Oasis of the Seas. Not only is the largest ship in the world, but we were on a voyage that had the most individuals on a cruise ship ever departing from Ft. Lauderdale. It was filled to capacity with approximately 6,000 guests and 2,900 crew members. This ship was absolutely incredible to say the least.

First view of the ship as we pulled into Port Everglades

This photo has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the cruise. As we were leaving the port

in Ft. Lauderdale, this home was along the banks of the bay and for some reason it made

me think of Brett & Kelsey. Just looked like something they might live in.

I just thought it was beautiful!

This was our room which had a balcony overlooking the ocean.

View from top of ship. To the left the putt-putt course

and to the right is the basketball goal.

The two blue squares in the front were two flow riders.

First nights show was the Broadway Musical "Hairspray"

one word "AMAZING"

OMG - IT WAS SOOOOO GOOD!!

Dinner

Central Park

1st Stop was Labadee, Haiti

Aqua Show with one of two Rock Climbing Walls n the background.

2nd Stop - Falmouth, Jamaica.
Photo is Montego Bay.

Somebody in Jamaica had way too much time on their hands
and all they could find to do is dress up a horse.

I just thought Bethany would love this house in Jamaica. It's GREEN!!!

Randy and Micah atop the floating wall in Cozumel.

All of the decorations aboard the ship were just beautiful.

This is a picture of us in front of a huge Christmas Tree

that was located on the Promenade Deck.

Happy Anniversary to the love of my life.

Big Sur Camping Trip

After a delicious Thanksgiving potluck dinner at our pastor's house last Thursday night, Brett and I decided to take advantage of our Friday off from work and use our long weekend to go camping in Big Sur. It was a lot of fun, and the weather cooperated perfectly with our plans – high in the low 70s and clear sunny skies! See below for some phone shots I took while we were there.

Glad to hear that that Thanksgiving in AL was so much fun! We missed being there with you guys, but can't wait for Christmas!