It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas....

We've been decorating at Four Seasons for 2 months and it's surely been

2 crazy months. However, things are beginning to slow down and we only

have a couple of days before Christmas. As much WORK as all the decorating

can be, we all certainly do enjoy seeing some of our favorite Christmas

decorations each year. These are some of the things we love to see at

the Jarrett House at Christmas. Merry Christmas to all!

The Tigers were nestled all snug in their beds while visions of

bowl games danced in their heads......

This NYC ornament is front and center on our Santa tree

in the kitchen. A reminder of one of my favorite places, a

few of my favorite people, & the great times we've had this year!

Handpainted John Deere Tractor and Red Barn....on the

flip side, it says "Rudy Jarrett Farms".

Our Santa tree...full of Santas, Candy Canes, Lollipops

and Frosty's Hat on top... complete with Twinkling Lights and

an ornament for every dog we've had since I was born...I will

admit that there are 28. The ones still living have red ornaments

with their name on it....and

the ones that have moved on to Heaven have white ornaments

with their name as well....

What's a Christmas tree without a little Ho Ho Ho?

Our Dining Room tree. Full of reds, rusts, browns,

greens and tangerine. Just a collection of ornaments

over the years, and here are a few of my favorites.

Gold Fleur de Lis ornaments with crystals.

Hand blown finials with red velvet accents. Not real sure why I'm so in love with these, other than my love for green....but I always like to unwrap them each year. One of my favorite ornaments that I've found at Market over the years.

A handmade ornament with a picture of our church, First Baptist Church of Blakely, made by one of our favorite people, Valerie Pafford, and given to us as a gift from their family.

A replica of our Courthouse...Blakely's best feature.

A Christmas without Auburn.... ILLEGAL!

Our Auburn snowman....
New Christmas cards that we slide under the glass on our island and look at all
year long. Fun to see how everybody's grown....
A little more Auburn....
There are many things about Christmas that we love, and many more pictures I could
share, however, the main thing that we love is all of our friends and family, and all the
fun times that we've shared over this past year. We look forward to seeing many
of you in the next week, but for those of you that we won't see.....
We Wish You a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!

The Lone Auburn Fan..... GA/AUB 2009

Every other year, the time rolls around to load up and head to Athens

for one of the oldest college football rivalries in history. It always

seems to work out that I am the Lone Auburn Tiger in the bunch, but

i'd rather be the only TIGER any day than a DAWG ;-)!! Thankfully,

Brad had a couple of friends that showed up that were Auburn fans

so I wasn't totally alone. I was lucky enough to have two of my favorite

people there with me, from New York & Myrtle Beach, and even though

they tend to lean towards the dark side of red and black, they do love

me enough to wear their true colors, for Clemson, which provided

some much needed orange. All in all, it was a terrific weekend, even

though Auburn did manage to end up with fewer points...

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It was a birthday weekend for Ryan. Since we celebrated Brent's

birthday in New York back in September, it was only fitting, since his

birthday was the following Tuesday, to celebrate his brother's birthday

too!! So this is Ryan's cake, in Georgia/Auburn colors, that I made

and we CAREFULLY hauled to Athens!

Traveling in from Atlanta, Blakely, and Myrtle Beach, we all arrived

safely at Barton & Andrea's condo late Friday night. After getting

unloaded, meeting up with more friends, and some late night fun we

were up Saturday morning and proud of the fact that we had time to

spare and were gonna spend the day with friends "tailgating".

The Clemson game was on, and we couldn't find it on TV, so

Nicholas was showing Brent, full of patience, where to find it online

with the help of JP, the punchy button boy. :-)

John Patrick and his lime tostidos...
Such an enjoyable day to hang out and visit with friends.
Thanks Garrett, for the awesome Low Country Boil!

Me, Nicholas Rice, Ryan & Brent Lovell,
Jason & Paige Dees stuffed from a late lunch
and relaxing a little before heading to the stadium..

Since Ryan fired me from candle placement on birthday cakes
in New York, I refused and made Brad and Brent handle candles.

Barton lighting the candles for Ryan...
Oh and Ryan...love all that orange....

Such a fun bunch and my greatest friends...

Make a Wish.... Ryan, with help from Nicholas,
blowing out the candles...

The cupcake cake, courtesy of Andrea. I was hoping

they would let me have the part that said "Beat the Tigers".

Glad to have The Dees, friends of Brad, especially since they

had on the right colors! War Eagle!

When we started planning this trip, we had no idea that

Brent and Ryan's parents, Ansel and Julie Lovell, were coming

to the game with friends of theirs. However, it was such a highlight

of the weekend to get to meet the "rents", as the boys call them.

It was also great for the four of them to get to spend a little more

time together since it was such a quick trip home from NYC for Brent.

On the balcony at Barton & Andrea's,

Brad, Paige & Jason...

So after we left the condo, we walked down and met up with

Brent & Ryan's parents, their friends, and a few of their

cousins for a while before the game. When it was time to head towards

the stadium, as we were crossing Broad St., standing right in the

middle of the street, was Octavious Balkcom, who is from Early Co.,

played for the Bobcats, then went on to play for Auburn. It

was SO great to see him and stop for a quick picture!

Two flags that certainly helped the looks of the place...

This picture was merely to prove a point to Brent, taken with my

phone and texted back to him, that there ARE tons of people

in the concession line, all the time, YES, even at the end of the

first quarter..... His response..."Jules, I mean, that's like 2 people"..

Right. Never cuts me a break.... :-)

Brent, Me, Ryan & Barton...Missing Andrea, but

she was in the lengthy bathroom line, taking her picture

with Rennie Curran's mom, so she was all smiles upon her return!

Just pure fun! SO happy to have them with me!

And poor Ryan, such a trooper, feeling horrible and

coming down with the flu, not to mention just having

his wisdom teeth out.

Barton & Andrea with us... thanks for the tickets!

We had an AMAZING weekend!

Me and Brent, after the game, back at the Rice Paddy...

Still speaking, even though he pulled for Georgia :-)

And this was Ryan on Sunday morning, hiding from the fact

that it was about time to get up and all head in different directions :-(

(Truthfully, it was more like, he felt horrible....I just thought he

was kinda cute all wadded up under the covers)

It's NEVER easy to leave and all be hundreds and hundreds

of miles apart, but WHAT FUN we always have when

we're together!! Loved every minute of it...Miss it and miss

y'all!! Let's do it again soon! Love you guys!

My Cup Runneth Over in Thankfulness...

Happy Thanksgiving! As I was sitting on the couch Thanksgiving Day

trying to organize a few pictures, I came across quite a few that put a

SMILE on my face! These are mainly of trips and events with some of

my favorite people in the world. There are many more awesome people

in my life.... but these pics tell a story of many fun times over the last

year and a half or so. If you were with me, hope remembering these

times puts a SMILE on your face too! (I cannot lie, this blog has

just about gotten the best of me, so forgive all the odd spacing)

Dinner with the Fam... Bo, Me, & Justin the night before
Justin's wedding...
A CHILLY carriage ride
in Central Park..
Brad, Ross, Kellen & Me @ Ga vs. South Carolina

My fav pic of me and Will!

Ryan, Me & Brent
at Ga/Auburn

Once again....
Barton embarrasses Brad!








Cait-Land, BigDog, Juja, Mickey & KatDawg

Me, Gary & Brent......A Late NYC
night at Cassidy's!







Barton's 40th Celebration










Dismal -Wilmington Premiere








Jules & BLovely at the FunHouse
One of the last nights of filming..
The first hug pic :-)









The 2nd Block Party
Heather & Ash finally found
the NYC Cheesecake








Ga/Auburn 2009

After the Ga/Auburn Game








Grandmama's 94th Birthday

A Night in New York....









The Sweetest - Gary King
Jonathan & Paige's
Engagement Party












Jersey Boys

Auburn Family Tailgates









Paige's Wedding...NYC Reunion

Me & Sulli at Easter








We miss you pic to Will...
Being crazy on the way to Paige's wedding










Me & Will in Baltimore & Blakely










Could be my favorite pic yet...

The Hall Sisters...
Savannah & Sullivan













My new sign on the golf course...

The Parentals & The Halls










Me, Brad & Barton
Freezer Locker Films






Uncle Ewell & Aunt Joyce & us...All Peanut Proud

Love 'Em









Gary's Fundraiser in NYC
Sulli striking a pose...














Gary
and
Susie



The Allred Boys
(One just like Heather &
one just like Sloppy)







Eric Jones, Me & Bo Buckley at
Justin's wedding in Wilmington...

Me & Paige on her 21st!












Brad, "mama Sue", Brent, "mama
Ann", Me & Will in New York

Me & Sullivan at Coheelee Creek














Juja & BLovely @ Bro. Jimmy's --


Jarrod's Wedding

Sulli hunting eggs...

Me and The Lovells

Me with Ryan at

Brent's Birthday
Party in NYC

Happy Birthday to You!

Me & Brad in Baltimore

Back at Horrorfind-Baltimore
Miss Delma's 90th Birthday

Me, Will & Brad after a day of filming...

Me, Taryn & Bo...out for Sushi

My first and last!!

A long day...and time to move campers, AGAIN!

ARMANDO!! The bright spot on set....

Every Day!

A few spikes
can't stop a hug!!

Again, Barton says something crazy...

Brad gets Diet Coke thru the nose....

the Producer crew

Carriage Ride-Me Heather & Ash

Cousins at the Braves Game

Collier & Amanda -

The day he popped

the question..

Me, Will & Bec - lunch in NYC
before his mama surprised him!

A surprise left on my phone from

Brent & Em....after it's retrieval in NYC.

Me & Justin after his wedding..

A Welcome Back to NYC from BLovely

Me, Heather & Ash- The best trip ever!

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Looking forward to many more fun times and memories.

My cup runneth over in thankfulness AND blessings!

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"Everyone needs something to do, something to hope for,

something to believe in and someone to love.

Everyone needs a dream!" -Lou Holtz

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"I thank my God at every remembrance of you" Phil 1:4