TOP 40 UNDER 40

I know Dodds is going to be embarrassed of me posting this but it cannot go unrecognized! Today we went to a luncheon to honor Dodds and the other 39 people who were chosen as Mississippi's Top 40 under 40.Dodds' parents, my parents, his brother Josh and William Yates all sat at our table. It was a very special day! For all of you who know Dodds you know he is so deserving of this award. He not only serves his company 100% but does the same in his job as husband and father. I cannot think of a more deserving person and we are all so proud of him! This morning before Dodds left Ridley said,"Dad, congratulations!" to which Dodds responded, "Thanks Ridley! That was so sweet!" to which Ridley responded,"Yeah, Jett told me to say that." It was too funny! Somehow William and Josh escaped my camera but her are a few pics.

I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well even though it seems like a year, it has been a month since my last post. My brand new computer crashed on me AND I lost the SD card to my camera. Needless to say I have been without my necessary blogging tools! We had a very blessed Christmas filled with lots of family and friends. We enjoyed our care-free days with NO schedule to follow BUT as we know all good things must come to an end. So, we are back to early risin' and hectic days! When "cutest blog on the block" gets back up and running I promise to change my Christmas background!

Ridley the Star

Dodds blogging. How proud we were of Ridley-man. Nothing gets me in the holiday spirit like Trinity Christmas Program.

Happy Birthday Breck, Jr.!

Not so sure about this cake stuff.

O.K., I'm liking the cake stuff now!

Why is the box always a bigger hit than the toy?




The only way to get these two to look at the camera is to dangle food above their heads!

Look how precious the cake was. Breck loves Baby Einstein so Lyn and her sister Wendy made this cake. The caterpillar is made out of rice crispy balls. It was TOO cute!

Ridley loving Jr.'s toys!

A Christmas card runner up. Yes I finally got one. Now the question is will I have enough time to get them ordered and out before Christmas day arrives? We shall see!

LET IT SNOW!!!!

The view of the neighbor's house from my front door.


It is a winter wonderland this morning. I sent Nash to school and as of now they have not cancelled. Nash is not going to be happy with me!

Christmas Card Outakes!

Here are our MANY attempts to get a Christmas card picture. It really could have won America's Funniest Video if it had been recorded. We were in the lobby of the Country Club and Rimes DID NOT want the boys to hold her or touch her. She would scream bloody murder and lash out at them with a scratch or a hit. There were definitely some battle wounds. In the mean time Nash picks up a microphone which we assumed was off because we couldn't hear it working. So after a couple of minutes of pretty horrible pretend singing Breck comes in and informs us that Nash had been giving a LIVE concert to everyone in the dining room. Let's just say CCJ was very happy when the Dehmer's decided to go home......without a Christmas card picture. It's looking like last year....can we say Valentine card...maybe?

Upward Basketball

Nash's basketball season began this past weekend. I love upward. It is such a wonderful program. At the beginning of the game they get announced and get to run through smoke! Dodds is his coach and as you can see Ridley is the self proclaimed assistant coach. He goes to every practice and helps out.