The Tree speaks

The Christmas tree sits in the corner.....The lights turned on in morning......and not really looked at as a "wow" tree, but our tree speaks....it speaks of our lives and our memories. And even though the tornado took several ornaments with it, some of the memories were found, wiped off and are on the tree.......
A memory of the past......... This year memories.............

Caroline tried a new sport..........

Katie Ann turned sixteen.......

Stephen was on Homecoming Court...........

Jason went to Auburn and Auburn is #1 (notice the one finger Aubie is holding up)

A few Bass Moments.........

Stephen loves to eat out and visit...............................

Katie Ann continues to figure out how her camera works. She took my lens and put it on her camera here...........

Caroline's class had a dinner and read "Taming of the Shrew" for entertainment..........

And Jason has been playing the piano at college. Something we didn't know about or have paid any lesson's for.

It was time.......

Time for a teenage dress, time for curls that didn't fall out and time to get nails done..........and it was time to go to the schools first Winter Wonderland dance.........

A trip to the Tree Farm

We have been cutting down our own tree for a few years now. So off we go (without our friends the Smith's who were our tradition family to go cut down a tree...they decided to move to somewhere warmer....but that is another post) to the tree farm. Things were a little different. It is two weeks before Christmas.........the trees have been picked over, it was snowing and cold, and they had a sale........................ Below are the Tree farm helpers......one being the oldest Bass child.........
Our nice little tree getting wrapped up...........

The tree staffer who tied up our tree on the van.

Showing off the choices..............

Stopping for a photo op........it was really snowing...............

Another tree....................

November moments............

Life is full and Life goes on........................Stephen is a senior and is 6'4" or 6'5". Homecoming week below on twin day with a real set of twins. We went to Alabama for Thanksgiving. All the girls cousins are below. 18, 16, 14, 13

Auburn Football is in full force in November........and so far in November, Auburn was undefeated..............

Basketball begins, Caroline is the only one playing basketball...........

November brought the college boy home for a week............

A Day of Orange and Blue

Even the sun sets are orange and blue in Auburn.............

KA and Clay waiting to get on TV

Game day begins.............

I don't have a comment just had not seen one of these signs before..........

It is art...................

Hand-Blown glass sculptures are not your everyday occurrence in Murfreesboro. And I will admit it takes special teenagers to appreciate it. Especially after two of them (KA and her friend Laura) have run 3.1 miles at one of the most challenging cross country courses with 150 other girls. But they braved the cold weather due to this was the last weekend the Chihuly exhibit was in Nashville. The artist came to Cheekwood and took 100's of picture. Then went home to Seattle Washington and gathered glass he already had and made others. He sent a team with his plans for where he glass should be.

Color

Color, light and form in nature.............interesting....................at night the "glass" glows.......there are lights.............

Topic of discussion here was did they float or were they on stands????

Two mom's who saw a lot of running that day......................

This was named the sun..............