Praying for Harper

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Hanukkah Party

This past Sunday evening, Bill, Sandy, Ian, Chelsea, Faulkner, along with Jeff and Jennifer, made the drive down to good old Greenville to attend our very first Hanukkah party. We had a blast! We had lots of good conversation, plenty of laughs, a couple of games of dreidel and way, way too much food to eat! The only bad thing about the whole evening was that it did not last long enough.
Hopefully, this was the first of many more gatherings to come!

A Week of Birthdays!

Clemmie and I both had birthdays this past week. I turned 45 on Tuesday, while Clemmie celebrated her 11th birthday on Saturday. Both of us had extra special birthdays this year, thanks to our family and friends. On Tuesday, Bruce took me to Montgomery and we went to the Eastbrook Flea Market and then he treated me to a steak dinner at Longhorns. On Thursday, my sweet friends, Jen and Sandy, along with Ian, Faulkner and Chelsea, treated me to a terrific lunch of homemade chili and birthday cake and ice cream. After lunch, we played two rounds of "Apples to Apples". I had so much fun and also received a beautiful, soft and cuddly, brown blanket for a present, as well as, one of Chelsea's handmade cards.
On Sunday afternoon, the Cauthens, Jennifer, Sarah, Zane, Madeline and Adrianne joined us at the Brunswick Lanes for an afternoon of bowling, in celebration of Clemmie's birthday. Clemmie had a great time and I think that everyone else did as well. She also received some wonderful gifts such as a very soft blue blanket, a manicure set, and a Taylor Swift CD.

It was a really terrific week of birthdays at the Croley house. Now to prepare to host my first ever Hanukkah party!!

Shavua Tov!

Gingerbread houses and cookie swap

Clemmie went to bed last night with a sore throat and woke up this morning still feeling bad. By lunch time she was feeling a good bit better, so I took her to her CHEF 4H cooking class @ 3:30. They had a cookie swap.....Clemmie took chocolate chip cookies that she made.....and they also made gingerbread houses. Go over to Clemmie's blog to see some pictures of her house. The link to her blog is http://rubyrose-naturegirl.blogspot.com/ I know that I am her Mom, but her gingerbread house is too cute!

Clemmie's braces

This week Clemmie got her top braces. She did not have a lot of pain and I thank God for that. She will go back on the 16th of Dec. and may get the bottom braces then. It will all depend on how much her top teeth have moved. I am posting some before and after photos of her....she will probably want to kill me, but I just think that she is so beautiful...both with the braces and without them. If you enlarge the "after" photo, you will see that she chose to get pink and lime green. Too cute! The last photo is Clemmie telling me ..."No more pictures, Mom!"

Visit with Rabbi Greenbaum

Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum was in Alabama this week and we were blessed to be able to travel up to Birmingham both days to visit with him. My time spent listening to him teach and then just talking with him still seem surreal. We met him last year, but this year's visit was so much more personal.....I was able to seek his advice and guidance and he was so willing to listen to me (little 'ole Tammy from south Alabama). I really just can't put into words just how I am feeling. I feel that I have made a friend for life......someone that I can call or email anytime.

Ready for the Sabbath!

Rabbi Greenbaum is Coming!

I have been waiting for this week for so long and now it is almost here. My "Rabbi", Reb Avraham Greenbaum, will be flying into Alabama on Tuesday, Nov. 11. He will be here for 2 days and I am so excited. Reb Avraham will be speaking in Birmingham on the 11th and the 12th. We will be going up early on Tuesday to pick up the keyboard that we rented for him. He plays and sings so beautifully! We will be there to greet him on the 11th and will most likely be with him all day on the 12th. This should give us so much time to soak up all of his wonderful teachings and to ask and get answers to many of our questions. Rabbi Avraham is so welcoming to Jews and Gentiles alike. I will try to post photos and details of our visit on Thurs. or Friday. Can't you just feel my excitement! LOL

Shavua Tov!