Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We went to Jimmy and Susan's house (great friends of the family) for a big feast and ate a whole lot! I just wanted to post some pictures from our big day.

It has been a pretty rough year for the Hobbs Family and I am very grateful that we are all safe and healthy. I am extremely thankful that Tucker's eye has healed and that he has vision. For those of you that don't know, Tucker has had two eye surgeries due to a detached retina in two places, torn in 7 places, and then he developed scar tissue. After ~6 months, it is getting better and he is almost out of the woods. My mom is improving and getting stronger from her back surgery and recent illness. There is so much to thank God for in our lives! Happy Thanksgiving!

Splish, Splash!

Bath-time FUN!

Bon Aqua has arrived!

Finally, Bon Aqua has gotten cell service!! It is a miracle! For those of you that don't know, we have never been able to use our cell phones at our house. Actually, if you went to the far corner of our back yard and stood real still, you would have one little bar of service. For about a year, there has been this nice cell tower near my in-laws without any service attached to it. Well, last week AT&T attached their equipment to the tower. However, that did not help us out. Tucker and I have Verizon service (even though Tucker works for AT&T-go figure). Well, I got a call yesterday from a friend saying that Verizon had attached their equipment to the tower. So, I picked up my cell phone and HALLELUJAH - I had 4 bars of service. Now, I don't really think this is going to change much regarding my cell phone usage, but it is nice to know that it is available if I ever need it. Plus, I will not have to wait 'til I get to the main road to receive service or hear my voice messages. Oh, the rewards for living in a small town in the country! Bon Aqua has finally arrived into current technology!

The Endless Search.......

I don't know about you other moms, but for the last 3 years of my life I have searched for.......yes, the SIPPY CUP!!! My children have always been able to misplace their cups and have no clue where to find them. Then, I start looking under the beds, the furniture, in the bathrooms, closets, corners, etc. It always seems to happen just around dinner time, too. I have pretty much broken Maddie of her sippy cup, but now have to start all over again with Nathan. Although, he is not quite as bad as Maddie was with wondering off with her cup. You never knew where you were going to find hers. I assume, if I made them stay in the kitchen with their cups, this might never happen. But, how do you rationalize with a 22 month old!! Oh well, hopefully I only have about 1 1/2 - 2 more years of the searching.......maybe I will survive!

Playtime with Daddy......Priceless

Just about every night, Tucker likes to lie down in the floor and watch T.V. This would be his "so-called" time to "relax". The kids, of course, see Daddy as a "human play set". They love to climb, tickle, and aggravate him. It is absolutely the funniest thing that I have ever seen. It never gets boring for me. I laugh and laugh until I find myself in tears. The other night, Nathan had on a sweatshirt with a hood and he would not take the hood off. He kept running hard into Tucker like a football player and laughing. Then, Maddie had to join in on the fun. She would run up to him and then slowly and so "ladylike" barely hit him. When I got the camera, Nathan decided to sit on Maddie and begin to aggravate her. I just wanted to share these few pictures with you. I would rather sit and watch the three of them play than watch T.V. any day. Now, that is what I call PRICELESS!!

Thank you!

Thank you so much Brandon and Tiana for the advice on the pictures. I figured out what I was doing wrong. I really think this whole BLOG-THING is going to be a lot of FUN!

The Marks Family

My sister, Leigh Ann and her family are moving back to Tennessee. We are very excited and looking forward to Maddie and Nathan getting to know their other cousins much better. Nathan and Elliott will surely be great friends and will have so much fun getting into some "trouble" I'm sure. They should be moving before Christmas, so the girls will be able to start school in January. Needless to say, this is probably the best Christmas present my mother will receive. Merry "early" Christmas, MOM!!

My first posting - here it goes....

I have been enjoying reading other blogs and decided to finally join in the fun. I am going to try really hard to post something as often as I can.

The most recent news in our family is that I have a new job. Yes, I finally left Baptist Hospital. I am quite sad, for I have meet so many nice people there and I have worked there for almost 8 1/2 years. I have been working at Horizon Medical Center in Dickson prn for a little over a year. They offered me a part-time position and I start on Monday. I am really excited about spending less time on the road and more time with my family.

The kids are doing really well. Maddie is growing up so fast and her vocabulary is awesome. Nathan is into everything, like most 22 month old boys are. He had to have tubes put in his ear about 3 weeks ago and he seems to be doing pretty good. We have our first runny nose since the surgery, so I guess we are giving them a test run.

I hope you enjoy our family blog and check in often. I have posted some recent pictures. Take care and until next time.......

The Leopard and the Pirate

What a cheese-head!

Nathan was way too serious here in the picture!

Maddie, Nathan, and their cousins. We had a great time

trick-or-treating with them.