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Cute Kid Contest

I have entered Payton in a Cute Kid Contest to win free pictures. All you have to do is go to www.mayfieldphotography.net/blog and vote for Payton. You can vote one time a day every 24 hours till April 10, 2011 Noon. I will let ya'll know who wins. Thanks Kerrie, Jerry & Payton

Happy Birthday Ashley

Baby Time

Well I only have 3 weeks left till baby Payton is suppose to make his grand entrance into the world. I think we have everything we need and more!!! We want to say thanks to everyone that had a part in our shower it was great!!!! Now we are just waiting on him to get here....... I hope its soon! I am hoping he comes in June because we have enough birthdays in July already!!!! It has been so hot up here that I have tried to stay inside as much as I can. I am just now starting to swell a little bit in my feet and hands, but other then that I am doing good. I go back to the Doctor on Tuesday I will let everyone know how it goes.
Love ya
Kerrie,Jerry and Payton

Its a BOY!!!!!

Pic made at 20 weeks

We found out February 23rd that we are going to have a little baby boy!! We are very happy, and can't wait. We have not settled on a name yet but we are working on it. I am 23 weeks now and due July 2nd. I go back to the doctor March 12 so I will keep everyone updated on how things are going. Love Ya Jerry and Kerrie

Snow, Snow, Snow (Please go away)

Guess what???? Its snowing again, I have never seen this mush snow before in my life. I never thought I would be saying this but I don't want anymore snow this year. It was fun the first 3 times it snowed but come now this is crazy. We have build snowmen, had snowball fights, there is nothing else to do in snow so I am ready for the heat and sunshine. The good thing is they keep the roads clear up here and it makes getting places a lot easier and safer. One more thing why when there is a foot of snow on the ground does everyone have to call 911 when there is nothing wrong with them I don't understand!!!!!??????? Here are a few pictures of all the snow we have had this year.
Love ya Kerrie and Jerry

The First Fire

Jerry and I have a wood burning fireplace and when they starting calling for all this snow again I told him we needed to get some wood just in case the power goes out. ( I guess that the south Carolina coming out in me) In my defense they are calling for 4-10 inches of snow and maybe some ice as well. One thing that is kinda scary we have never had a fireplace before so this is a first for both of us.... So we brought some of the wood in and stacked it in the fireplace and.............................This is what we ended with
Love ya Kerrie and Jerry

Baby Guenther

WEll as everyone knows the one in the family that always said she was never having babies is due to have a baby in July. ( Like we don't have enough birthdays in July already HA HA HA) I go back to the doctor on February 1st for a check up and they are going to schedule my ultrasound. I will be 20 weeks the week of Valentine's so I am thinkin it will be around the 15th or so. We have thought of a few names both boy and girl but we are keeping those a secret. We can't wait!!!!! I am starting to show a little bit now, last time I was weighted I put on 9 lbs. ( wow i have never put on that much weight at one time in my life). I am going to try to keep everyone informed on what is happening with my growing family but you know sometimes I get lazy and don't so just be patient with me.... Love you all every much!!!

Way To Long

I know it has been way to long, almost a year sorry about that. Well I guess I need to feel you in on what has happened then......
Well Jerry is now a certified EMT and is going back to school at the first of the year. I start my classes at the first of the year also. I am sooooo ready to get started. We still have our two dogs spoiled as ever, still living in Bristol. One more big thing I think everyone already knows Jerry and I found out at the first on November that we were expecting our first child. I was very scared at first but now it has all hit home with me. I had a ultrasound done about a week ago and they said everything looked and sounded good, so that made me feel good. I am still very nervous but everyone says that's OK. We are learning as we go and it's been great so far. I will try very hard to keep this up to date with everything going on..

Our New Home

Well in the last post I was telling you that me and Jerry had found us a place and we would be moving soon. We are all moved in and I am so happy in my house. It took me a while to get things unpacked and put in it's place but I am getting there now. I have some pictures I am going to share with you. We now live in Blountville Tennessee, We are right outside of Bristol. We are close enough to town without being right in the middle it. Now when the race comes to town (at the end of March) we will not get caught in all the race traffic. My dogs seem to be really happy here too they love the big back yard they and run and play in. I hope you enjoy!!!









Love Kerrie

Moving Time Is Coming

you all know that me a Jerry moved to Bristol Tennessee about this time last year. His parents welcomed us to stay with them until we could get on our feet and find us a nice place of our own. Well the time has come and we found us a real nice place over the weekend. Its a brick house with black stutters, a big back yard for the dogs, 2 bedrooms, its really cute and I can't wait to make it my home. They are putting polyurathane on the floors right now so it will be a week or two before we get to more in. I am putting some pictures up so everyone can see what it looks like. Hope you like it
Love ya

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEY

JUST WANTED TO TELL MY SISTER HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

lOVE YOU BUNCHES KERRIE & JERRY

It's all new in 2009

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and new year. I got to go home and see the family and we had a great time. We got to talking about old times and just laughed. I got a new camera for Christmas from Jerry so I have a lot of pictures and I am going to try to put them on here but I am not that good at posting pictures. Me and Jerry came down on Christmas Eve and seen my friend Kristi while we waiting on the family to get back from eating. Then we got to mom's and talked and laughed and I guess it was to much for Jerry and Ashley cause I looked over and they were both sleeping!!! It was funny!! We got up Christmas day had breakfast then opened all our gifts!! That Santa is a tricky guy he always knows what I want and puts in right under the tree for me. After we opened the gifts we loaded up and went to mema's and eat lunch. That was some good eating by the way!! Then we all gathered around the tree and opened gifts. Then we headed to the ford's Christmas gathering. Then had some finger foods and talked to everyone. We do this thing with gift cards that I still have a hard time understanding but my aunt Cathy takes care of that anyways we all bring gift cards then we draw numbers and you pick a card ( you can't tell what it is) or you can steal one that someone already has it great fun . after all the fun of Christmas day was over me and Jerry had to head home cause we both had to work the next day. ( leaving is always the hard part) We made it home and unloaded everything and went to bed.. My sister got my mom and web cam and she gave me the other one and now we and see each other whenever we want to it is the coolest thing. We just sit there and laugh at each other the whole time. My papa has one to but I have not talked to him yet. I think that was the best thing I got for Christmas this year! Thanks Ashley!! I will go for now hope everyone enjoys.

E.M.T.

So I know i have been slack I have not posted in a long time!!! I am going to try to do better!!!
Well let me tell you whats be happening in Bristol. The race has come and gone thank goodness, I have never seen so many people in a little town at one time in my life. We live very close to the race track so when its here the locals can't get anywhere.. I mean I could not get to wal-mart cause of all the campers that where everywhere it's just crazy. People parked all up and down the parkway I mean miles from the track and walked (drunk as skunks) They just sit on the side of the road in there lawn chairs and there beer.... Just crazy like I said.. We got of town that day and spent the day at the fair we had a great time!!! My life long friend Kristi come up to watch the race and she came by the house and hung out for a while to let the traffic clear out b-4 she headed back over the mountian...






There is one other thing I want to share with you. I guess you are wondering why I named this post E.M.T.?????? Jerry is now a E.M.T. in training. He is going to school and working at the life saving crew. The pulls duty every Saturday night 6 pm to 6 am. His goal is to be a flight paramedic. It kinda scares me but I am a supportive wife. I am very proud of him for doing what he does.
I will try to do better at posting so my family will know what is going on with us I love ya'll and see everyone soon..

Momma, Mema and Ashley Oh My!!!!!!

First of all I know it's been a while since I wrote but I have been real busy!!!!! Just to let everyone know things are going good up here. I am happy but I miss my family a lot!!!! Ok now I will get to the story!
Momma Mema and Ashley came up to see me and we had a great time. We just got in the car and rode till we seen somewhere we wanted to go. We went to the South Holston Dam it's so pretty up there, we went to the mall and shopped a little bit. Ashley looked for all the boutique's and we found a few. We also went to Elizabethton looking for scrap book store's for mema. ( We laugh cause she called it Elizabeth Town) Well come to think about it we laughed the whole time. Every time we went some where we would use the GPS cause I still don't know that much about the roads up here I can get you to Wal-mart and Food City, But there are no interstates up here so everywhere you go you have to go through neighborhoods and back roads. We have so much fun just riding around cause they thought it was so weird that everywhere you go you have to ride though a neighborhood. I have a few pictures I want to share with you and I hope you enjoy them. I will be coming home in may for a wedding and I can't wait to see everyone we miss you all very much and we love you!!!!!!

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas this year!! Jerry and I had a wonderful 1st Christmas together. Santa got me everything I wanted. Christmas day is always a very busy day for us, we have all our fun in one day. We spend the whole day with family and friends, all we do is eat, give out gifts, and talk about all the goings on in the world. I think I am very lucky to have a family like mine. I hear so many story's about how people get together on Christmas with family and all they do is fuss and fight with each other, I can gladly say my family is not one of those. I am just thankful to have a family like I do!!!! I have a very big family and I have always said the more the marrier. I couldn't ask for any better then what I got!!!! Jerry is not used to big family's but I think he getting the hang of it, he fits right in. The first year he came with me for Christmas he was so nervous and now he just goes with the flow. My mema always picks on him cause he pulls for Tennessee Volunteer's and we all pull for the gamecocks, it's so funny cause they go back and forth with each other all the time. (thats why I named my blog the volunteer gamecock) To wrap this up I had a great Christmas and I just want to say thanks to everyone for everything and I hope you have a great New Year!!!
Love ya

Ashley & Jerry & Me

He is so funny

Merry Christmas

We just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!!!! This is a special Christmas for Me and Jerry... It is our first of many Christmas's together.I think it will be neat to wake up on Christmas Morning and Jerry and I open our gifts from each other and I can't forget about the dogs yes they have present's too!!! After we get done with our Christmas we will get ready and go to Mama & daddy's, We will open gifts there and then we go to mema & papa's. This is where we eat the best Christmas lunch ever, then open gifts. I just hope that big fat man in red knows I have been good this year and leaves me all kinds of goodies.....

while I was cooking last night I was thinking about how me and Ashley used leave santa cookies and milk before we went to bed and we always sleep together Christmas night. I would get up and tip toe down the hall way with a flash light at all hours of the night to see if santa had been there yet..... Once I seen that he was there I would wake up Ashley and she would say what time is it I would tell her it's 4:30AM and she would tell me to go back to bed for a little while. Well i tried to go back to sleep but I could'nt so at 5:00AM I got up and told Ashley that I was going to get my santa claus with or without her. Needless to say she knew I was not going back to sleep so we woke up mommy and daddy at 5:00AM... All the great Christmas memories I have.

Just remember the REASON FOR THE SEASON!!!!!!!!!
love ya

Prayer in school

New Pledge of Allegiance (TOTALLY AWESOME)!


Since the Pledge of Allegiance
and
The Lord's Prayer
are not allowed in most
public schools anymore
Because the word "God" is mentioned...
A kid in Arizona wrote the attached


NEW School prayer :


Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.


If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.


Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.


For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the state.


We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible. To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King
It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such "judgments" do not belong.


We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.


It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!
Amen

Happy Thanksgiving

We want to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. Don't eat to much (I know I will) Please keep us in your prayers cause we will be traveling to Tennessee in all the hoilday rush!!!!

The Gamecocks

I just thought this was to cute!!!!!! I had to share it with ya'll.. I hope we get those tigers this year!!!!!!!!!
love ya