We are Thankful for...

...Grandma's, spending time with family, seeing friends, hugs/kisses from my neice Mackenzie, playing at the park, games (Nintendo and Bunco...yes, I said Nintendo and Bunco), Great food, and football games!! Our Thanksgiving was amazing, with all of the above!

Getting love from Mackenzie

"My" girl!

Grandma and all the boys watching football

Grandma with her Grandkids

Mackenzie running from Aunt Stacy who was only trying to change her diaper

My Baby and I being Thankful for each other

Aunt Lou Ann's beautiful table decor

Baylor guarding the food while it cooks for Mommy

Mackenzie and I making the mashed potatoes

The boys at Nintendo...AGAIN!

Mackenzie's pinecone treasures at the park

Playing at the park

Enjoying the BIG slide

At the end of a Fun holiday...

Here we go again!

Once again, Charles and I have decided to take the amazing adventure with the 60 mile Breast Cancer 3 Day event in Dallas. This is our 3rd year, and every year our team gets bigger and so does the fundraising. So, we just simply cannot sit idle and let Breast Cancer destroy our Grandmothers, Moms, Sisters, Aunts, Fathers, and Friends. In total, since we have started participating, our team has raised $13,900 and we will not stop till there is a cure. This year, we each have to raise $2,300 to participate...so we are getting started NOW! Below are our websites and you can make donations no matter how small, EVERY penny counts! For more information about this event, please go to http://www.the3day.org/. Also, if you would like to join us on our journey by walking, just let us know!

www.the3day.org/goto/CharlesHall09

www.the3day.org/goto/StacyHall09

60 Miles, 3 Days, 1 Cure!

Baylor gets a haircut...

So, yesterday was a big day for Baylor. First of all, his TERRIBLE Mommy waited too long and after 8 weeks took him to get a haircut. Now, Baylor usually gets a haircut every 5 weeks, so this was a BIG haircut day. When I went to drop him off, I was told that his hair was so long they would need "cut him closer than usual". I figured that would be just fine, after all... my baby looks good no matter what! So, I gave him kisses and left. Then, I got a phone call saying that they could not get the matted hair out of his ears and would have to shave his ears. This has happened before, and although I do not care for it, I finally agreed. BUT...nothing could have prepared me for my skinny, hairless baby when I went to pick him up. Those that know Baylor, recognize that he weighs close to 60 pounds, and with this new cut looks like I have starved him down to 30! Here are some pictures...he looks so sad...

Because EVERYONE Deserves a Lifetime!

Well another year has come and gone for the Breast Cancer 3 Day. First of all, let me say how grateful I am to all our donors, of which we would never have been able to do this! As a team, we raised $9,100 for Breast Cancer Research and Funding. It is hard to explain what the 3 Day Event is like. Most people will tune us out and call us "Crazy" when we mention, fractured shins, large blisters that need lancing daily, sleeping in tents when it is 40 degrees outside, walking 60 miles, using portable showers on trailers, and the use of a port-o-potty at least 5 times daily. But, there is nothing I would rather do than walk in the Breast Cancer 3 Day. As a camp this year with 3,200 walkers and 700 on medical and crew...we raised 7.9 MILLION dollars!! If that doesn't say, "what we do matters" nothing will.

We have all been touched by Breast Cancer and I look forward to the day when we find a cure and I do not have to walk every year for this cause. For all the women/men who have passed and all the ones surviving as we speak, this is for you. The slide show shows what a great victory this was for Susan G. Komen and I look forward to the blisters and pain that next year will bring!

By the way, if anyone out there would like to join our team, let me know! We have already recruited 4 new members which is double from this year! For more information check out this website: http://www.the3day.org.

WE NEED A CURE!

This picture pretty much sums it all up! Charles, my Sis Mendy, my Cousin Shelly, and I will all be making our way to Dallas, TX for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3 Day event tomorrow. Our team, "Rack Starz", raised a grand total of $9,030 this year! We couldn't be prouder and we could not have done it without all our family and friends.

I want to mention the reason WHY we do this every year. Words could never express how much we love and miss our Grandma "Mumps" LeCour. She had an amazing battle of which she ALWAYS had her eyes on Jesus. She taught so many around her what it truly means to surrender all to God, and for that I could never be more grateful. We also walk in honor of our Grandma "Gangaw" Watts and family member Fran Ezren that is currently battling Cancer as we walk. If you visit our websites, you will see the exhaustive list of scrolling names of people who are either supporting someone or leaving a donation in their memory.

So, as we walk the 60 miles this weekend over the course of 3 days, we honor and lift up these people to God. We pray that those who are still fighting will know how much we love and support them.

http://www.the3day.org/goto/StacyHall
http://www.the3day.org/goto/CharlesHall

GO VOTE!!

Well, today is National Election Day...as a Country, we will decide our next leader. I just wanted to comment on a few things.

1- People have given their lives so that YOU have a choice, so be an American and vote today!

2- It is opportunities like today that make me proud to be an American. What I say makes a difference in MY country!

3- Most importantly, no matter WHO wins, God is in control. I do not want us to bicker about the small things, when I know GOD IS IN CONTROL. Rest assured, no matter who takes the Oath in office, it will be God behind them controlling every move they make. Sure, some will be bad, but all will be driven by God.

So, let's celebrate and know that God is in control, and WE make a difference!!! What could be better than that?

"With malice towards none...With charity for all; With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan-- to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations."

Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865

Baylor Homecoming!!

What a great weekend we had! Our weekend at Baylor was perfect since I got to meet up with my 2 college roomies, Carolyn and Britni. We had a great time attending All University SING, Bonfire, Tailgating, Baylor vs. Missouri game, and all our old hangouts. It was a whirlwind weekend that went WAY TOO FAST! Roomie Reunion at George's Bar!
Cheerleaders at Bonfire

Bonfire

Parade

Alpha Chi Omega Float at ParadeSisters at our Chapter House

Tailgating before Football Game

Charles and Brother Corey hangin out before game

Where's Waldo?

My Roomies and I at Football Game...GO BEARS!

It was such a close game, we almost had them! We were proud Baylor fans!

Go Bears!

Charles and Carolyn's favorite resturant of the weekend...they ordered GUT PAKS...so gross! Basically a Gut Pak is a large to go container filled with every type of BBQ meat, Fritos, beans and anything else you want.

Our old apartment Sterling #3104

Our favorite coffee shop (Common Grounds)...Charles finally got his "Frozen Smore"

Our dorm our freshman year, Collins Hall, 6th floor gals!

Campus Pics

One of many "Baylor" swings around campus!

Happy Halloween!!

OK, I know I am a few days late in my greetings for a wonderful pumpkin day...BUT better late than never, right?! Anyway, here are the pumpkins from our Hall Family Pumkin Carving Contest...Charles and I of course stuck to the traditional fish theme with a hook coming out of its mouth (ok, really it was a metal coat hanger), Cindy/Fred did a black widow spider, and Christopher did a great skull. Baylor of course was NO HELP, and decided it was time to take a nap in the middle of the kitchen (with one eye open and watching the whole time). Olivia (Fred/Cindy's Pig) used the event as a time to eat the pumpikin seeds. All are winners and we had a great time!