I Am The Stuffing !!! How 'Bout You??

You're complicated and complex, yet all your pieces fit together. People miss you if you're gone - but they're not sure why.

What Part of Thanksgiving Are You?

Stayin Alive !!

A cowboy told his grandson the secret to a long life.
He said, "You gotta sprinkle a little gunpowder on your
oatmeal, see. If you do, you'll live to a nice ripe old age."

So the cowboy did this religiously every day, and sure
enough, lived to the nice ripe old age of 96.

When he died he left behind:
... 4 children
... 8 grandchildren
... 15 great-grandchildren
...
...and a 16 foot hole in the wall of the crematorium !!!

Uncle Ray Satterfield

Please say a prayer for Mom and the
rest of the Satterfield family. Uncle Ray
just passed away as a result of a heart attack!!
This is a total, total shock!! He was 55.
Please keep the family in your prayers!!

Happy Halloween !!

Just to make it very clear who the Hoch family
is voting for in a few days, I carved a pumpkin
to kinda give you a hint!! (I think it turned out real nice!!)

Wooo Hooo !!!!

'Twas the night before elections
And all through the town
Tempers were flaring
Emotions all up and down!

I, in my bathrobe
With a cat in my lap
Had cut off the TV
Tired of political crap.

When all of a sudden
There arose such a noise
I peered out of my window
Saw Obama and his boys

They had come for my wallet
They wanted my pay
To give to the others
Who had not worked a day!

He snatched up my money
And quick as a wink
Jumped back on his bandwagon.
As I gagged from the stink

He then rallied his henchmen
Who were pulling his cart
I could tell they were out
To tear my country apart!

'On Fannie, on Freddie,
On Biden and Ayers!
On Acorn, On Pelosi'
He screamed at the pairs!

They took off for his cause
And as he flew out of sight
I heard him laugh at the nation
Who wouldn't stand up and fight!

So I leave you to think
On this one final note-
IF YOU DONT WANT SOCIALISM
GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!

A Halloween story !!

A man is walking home alone late one foggy Halloween
night, when behind him he hears:
BUMP...
BUMP...
BUMP...


Walking faster, he looks back and through the fog he
makes out the image of an upright casket banging its
way down the middle of the street toward him.
BUMP...
BUMP...
BUMP...


Terrified, the man begins to run toward his home,
the casket bouncing quickly behind him.
FASTER...
FASTER...
BUMP...
BUMP...
BUMP..


He runs up to his door, fumbles with his keys, opens
the door, rushes in, slams and locks the door behind
him. However, the casket crashes through his door,
with the lid of the casket clapping.
clappity-BUMP...
clappity-BUMP...
clappity-BUMP...
on his heels, as the terrified man runs.


Rushing upstairs to the bathroom, he locks himself in.
His heart is pounding; his head is reeling; his breath is
coming in sobbing gasps.


With a loud CRASH the casket breaks down the door.
Bumping and clapping toward him.



The man screams and reaches for something, anything,
but all he can find is a bottle of cough syrup! Desperate,
he throws the cough syrup at the casket...
and,




(hopefully you're ready for this!!!)





The coffin stops !!

Nobody Noticed !!

Well, I've had this picture posted now for five weeks and
no one noticed Mikayla and Natalie hidden in it. I wanted
to see if anyone was paying attention and................
See if you can find them. Mikayla is fairly easy, but Natalie
is a little harder!!

Shaving her Principal's Head!!

Mikayla was one of three students who made perfect scores on all
four of their SOL tests at the end of last school year. The principal
made a deal with the kids that if any of them made perfect scores
he would have his head shaved. On Friday, they had an assembly
at the school and he kept up his end of the bargain. Mikayla got
to cut some of it off! The bottom picture shows him with his new cut!

Happy Anniversary !!!

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful wife of 15 years !!
Ever since the girls have been born, we have wanted a local
artist to do a hand sketch of them. He is an older gentleman
and is known fairly widely for his Appalachian and Bluegrass
themed pictures. He is a MASTER when it comes to drawing
people! I talked to him a couple of months ago (Susan didn't know)
and he said he could do it in time for our anniversary. I took
him a few pictures of the girls. Since Susan had lost both of her
Grandmas in the past year, I also took a picture of each one of
them and a picture of their houses. I told him kinda what I
was wanting. He said it would not be a problem.
Here is the final product!! It is simply perfect!! He did not miss
even one detail in the pictures! Everything looks EXACTLY like
it did in the pictures. Needless to said, Susan loved it very much!!
I turned out better than I had hoped! (Actual size is 20" x 17")
For more of his work click here - www.willardgayheart.com

Wedding of Susan's Nephew !!

This weekend, we went to Lexington Kentucky for the
wedding of Steven Smith and Lindsay Clark. Steven is
Susan's nephew from here in Galax. Both of our girls were
in the wedding. Mikayla was the Flower Girl and Natalie
was the Minature Bride. The wedding was very nice!!
It was held in a historic church in downtown Lexington, KY.

Here is a picture of the girls with Steven.



















Check out this picture of Natalie and the Minature Groom
peeking in the window as the Bride and Groom were having
pictures made!! (Can you spot the happy couple?)

Here are the girls outside the church !!

Father and Mother of the Groom !!

Mitch and Jeanette Smith

The cakes !!

Here is the wedding cake and also the Groom's cake.
The Groom's mother (my Sis-In-Law) made them.
(Of course it took a man like myself to drizzle/run the
chocolate on the Groom's cake. Women can't do
this kind of thing properly!)

Cutting the cake!!

Away to Hawaii !!!

The happy couple leaves on their way to Hawaii !!

Gone On To Heaven!!

Grandma Satterfield went on home to Heaven last night. She had struggled quite a while and had been in a nursing home for several months. She will be sadly missed but it is great to know exactly where she is!!

Please pray for my Mom. She had taken care of Grandma daily for several years. This will be very hard on her! Remember the other kids too!!

Our "Smart" Drama Queen - - Four 600's on SOL's

Mikayla had an awesome year in 3rd grade! She finished up the year with all "A"-Honor Roll for the entire year, as well as scoring perfect scores (600) on all four of her national standardized tests. She and one other girl (in Susan's class) were the only two to do this in 3rd grade. We are very,very proud of her accomplishments!!

Mikayla has become quite the actor. She starred in "Dreams", which was a play that was produced during Summer Enrichment Camp this week. This is her second year to be invited to this camp which is headed up by Vicky Towne, a theater artist from Philadelphia, PA. Last fall Mikayla starred in "Granny Mosely Saves The Day" with the local theatre guild. This play was also developed and directed by Vicky Towne. Mikayla has a lot of fun doing this as a hobby. She received the "Best Actor" award in the "Dreams" show presented today.

Natalie Graduates From Pre-K

Natalie had a big day on May 19th! She had a birthday and also graduated from Pre-K at Fairview Elementary. She received a diploma along with several gifts and awards which were the "Most Excited About Math" award, "Ready to Read" award and the "Snuggle-Bug" award! She did really well and can read "Green Eggs and Ham" all by herself!!! We are proud of her!!

Natalie turns FIVE !!!

Natalie celebrated her 5th birthday with family and friends.She had a Strawberry Shortcake cake and received lots of nice gifts.She is really excited about being 5 years old!

Natalie's Field Trip

Natalie enjoyed a fun day with her class at Lazy-5 Ranch.
They rode a horse-drawn wagon and were able to feed
and pet the animals. One big highlight was that "Brother",
as Natalie calls him (Pastor Ledford), drove her school bus.