Archive for December, 2009
Merry Christmas!~
Dec 26th
We had a great Christmas! I think this photo of my nephew thanking my dad for his new bike pretty much sums up the day!
St. Thomas Hattiesburg Christmas Eve
Dec 25th
I hope that everyone is able to spend time with their families this Christmas. This really is a magical time of the year. My heart goes out to those who are away from their families at this time of the year.
My whole family ,minus my youngest brother who is working, gathered for Christmas Eve Mass at the Convention Center here in Hattiesburg. We came back after Mass and sat around enjoyed some egg-nogg and watched National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. JJ and I had to wait till everyone went to sleep to wrap our packages. Everyone will come to the house tomorrow to open presents and then we will have a big family dinner.
The Quartet warming up the crowd
Father Tommy talking about Christmas
Cross at the back of the Convention Center
Santa paid a visit after Mass
Merry Christmas!!!
New Orleans Bowl
Dec 24th
Enjoying our first round of Hurricaines.
It has been a little over two years since I have been to a football game. When I heard that the University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles would be playing in the New Orleans bowl, I jumped at the chance to go. There were about eight of us that bought tickets and went to the game. We started the day off driving to New Orleans at around lunch time. JJ and I checked in to the Pavillion Hotel which we got on Hotwire.com for $63. Steven, Katye, and Dwayne met us at the hotel and we walked to Bourbon Street. We started off at the Cat’s Meow where our friend Carr was recruiting fellow USM fans to come enjoy the fun.
Carr working the door!
We stayed here for a few hours enjoying the 3 for 1 happy hour and Karoke and then moved over to Pat O’ Briens to enjoy a few hurricaines. We made it to the game and watched as our Golden Eagles got beat by Middle Tennessee State. We went back to Pat O’Briens to drown our sorrows. At around 3AM, JJ and I found ourselves at Harrahs playing cards. After winning a couple of hundred dollars we got back to our room around 4………. I didn’t bring my DSLR but did bring the Canon S3. It is much lighter and smaller and easy to carry around. I thought the shots came out okay.
Carr, Katye, and JJ having fun at Cats Meow
Damion Fletcher carrying the ball. Not bad for my small camera.
Enjoying the game
St. Thomas Catholic Christmas Party | Hattiesburg
Dec 19th
My mom asked me this morning to come and take a few photos of the Christmas party at St Thomas in Hattiesburg. We were already planning on attending but I really didn’t want to break out the camera as I knew that there would be a lot of people that I hadn’t seen since the wedding. I was still able to get a few shots in but spent more time catching up with old and new friends. We enjoyed great food and drinks and an all round good time. The church’s secretary’s son recently married a Korean lady and she and JJ hit it off. I think they were both happy to be able to speak in Korean. It was nice for them to be able to compare stories and experiences about being married to Americans. We will definitely meet up with them once we get settled into Hattiesburg after returning from Kentucky.
Youn and JJ
Mom, Dad, and Mary
Father Tommy reading his Irish Poem.Crystal and Husband and friends
If you have never met Father Tommy, you are really missing out. Not only is he a great priest but he goes out of his way to make you feel at home. He did a wonderful job at our wedding. Not only did he make JJ feel very comfortable but even helped out with serving food at our reception~
Mr. Wilbur getting ready to sing
Wilbur has a great voice! His wife played the organ and the piano for our wedding. They are both great~
Enjoying the party.
Everyone enjoying themselves
Sister Carmelita
The lady above is one of my favorite people in the world. She works tireless for those that don’t have anything. I really can’t put in to words how much she cares about other people. Also, she is the kind of person that truly listens when you are talking to her. She was so thrilled to hear that JJ has been saving cans for collection. I really need to give her a call and see if I can donate some time to help her out with one of her many projects.
