Welcome Home, Cliff!

After such a busy weekend, it was so nice to gather with friends for supper last night. We had supper club at the Mason's house. Cliff came home early & surprised the girls...they were so excited to see him (we all were). We are so proud to have him home for a few weeks. We did miss having Clay, Dana & Leah join us though...hopefully they'll be back next week!

"Pioneer Woman Tracy" cooked us some to-die-for Marlboro Man sandwiches and homemade french fries. Then, for dessert, we had a chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream....mmm...mmm. Wish I had some now! After supper, we enjoyed playing "Things"...needless to say, games get pretty interesting with this crowd!

Before we headed home, everyone decided on a date for our Supper Club Christmas Party this year. It will at the Mason's on Saturday, December 20th at ???...sorry, I forgot what time (someone email me that when you get the chance)!

I've also updated the "dates to remember"...check it out!

Love That Cornbread!

This past Sunday, Supper Clubbers gathered at the Mason's clubhouse. Everyone enjoyed a delicious meal of poppy-seed chicken, peas, mac & cheese and lacy cornbread, oops...I mean crescent rolls. We also a really good cheesecake for dessert. Everyone kept close to the fireplace, since the heater wasn't working...well, it worked, it just blew cold air! So, besides being cold, having no cornbread & having to squinch our eyes from the glare off of Clay's halo (thanks, Dana...I love that quote!) we had another wonderful night at Supper Club!

A Memorable Meal

Last night was our turn to cook for Supper Club. And, what did we do? We cooked a meal that half of the people there could not or would not eat, served it with burned breadsticks & followed it up with a dessert that was so chewy it felt like you were chewing rubber. Leave it to us Hammock's to serve up a truly memorable meal! (We had a lot of fun, though, and that's really all that matters!) We'll try to do better tonight at card game...

Good Job, Girls!

Our little dancers did so good last night at the TCE Fall Festival. Even though everyone was running terribly behind, our girls waited patiently until their time to shine arrived.

Caroline performed her solo for the first time on stage & did a really good job. I don't know who was more nervous before-hand, her or Tracy! She also did her gymnastics routine later in the night.

Molly actually danced her entire routine for the first time ever! I was such a proud moma...she did so good!

Here are our two little dancers...both refusing to look at the camera!

Shake A Leg, Little Dancers!

Good luck tonight, Caroline & Molly! We know you will both do great performing your dances tonight at TCE's Fall Festival. Caroline will be performing her solo for the first time (our fingers are crossed) at 5:30 and doing her gymnastics at 7. Molly will stepping on stage for second time (fingers-still crossed) at 6:30. Shake a leg, little dancers! We love ya'll!!

Odds & Ends

All the kids enjoyed trick-or-treating last week & got tons of candy. As soon as Beth forwards me the pictures of our 3 little punks begging for candy, I will post them on here. (Of all days, my camera batteries were dead!) Oh, here they are:

Welcome to our newest supper-clubbers, Dana & Leah. We enjoyed meeting you both last night & look forward to spending more time with you! Last night, we had supper club at the Mason's house & it was delicious. After a great meal, we enjoyed 2 really good cakes that Tracy won the night before at the Kite Fall Festival cake walk. Shannon, Robin, Molly & I (on the other hand) just walked all night & never won a single cake. Oh well, there's always next year! To top off the night, the kids called Cliff on the webcam & he let them know he'd be home in a couple of weeks. That made their (and our) night!

Congratulations, Caroline, on winning Miss Christmas 2008! You truly are our little princess with ALL of your crowns!

Welcome home, Mattie-Grace Lane. We are all so proud that you are finally healthy enough to come home & we cannot wait to visit you!

And, last but definitely not least, we would like to say "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STACY...We hope you have a wonderful day!"