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Mom and Dad (Gene and Martha Franklin) celebrated 63 years of marriage this week !

Baggett Family birthdays for the month of December

Celebrating five birthdays in the 

Baggett Family this month!  

(click photos to enlarge)

Our granddaughter Meredith turned 8 on December 2nd!  

Meredith is pictured with her baby sister Evelyn at left.  

She is the daughter of Stephen and Leah Franklin, 

granddaughter of Tim and Cindy Franklin; 

and great-granddaughter of Winnie Baggett.  

Happy Birthday! 

Amy York celebrated her 32nd birthday on December 9th. 

Amy is pictured with her son Easton.  

Amy is the daughter of David and Jo Ann Baggett.   

Happy Birthday! 

Garrett celebrated his 8th birthday on December 11th.  

Garrett is pictured with his older brother Gavin at left.   

He is the son of Allison and Randy Michau 

and grandson of Leslie and Pam Baggett.

Happy Birthday! 

Brooklyn turns 11 on December 24th. 

Brooklyn is pictured with her two brothers at left 

(ready for Christmas!) 

Brooklyn is the daughter of Noel and Lisa Baggett, 

and granddaughter of Kelsea and Roxy Baggett. 

Happy Birthday!

Chris Baggett (no picture) celebrated his 50th birthday on December 5th.

Happy 63rd Anniversary to Mom and Dad

our journey of life: Happy 61st Anniversary to Mom and Dad: CLICK LINK AT LEFT TO VIEW_Mom recalls her wedding day - recorded this in 2011  after they celebrated their 60th anniversary.  I posted this in 2012 and thought I should re-post the link today in honor of their 63rd anniversary - December 22, 2014!

Congratulations Mom and Dad on your anniversary!

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Our granddaughter Meredith turned 8 on December 2nd. 

Her mom posted a collage of photos to celebrate her birthday!  

Franklin Family birthdays for the month of December

We have seven birthdays to celebrate in the Franklin Family for the month of December 2014! (click photo to enlarge)

Our granddaughter, Meredith, turned 8 on Dec. 2nd. Meredith is the daughter of Stephen and Leah Franklin and great-granddaughter of Gene and Martha Franklin

Happy Birthday!

Peyton celebrated her 5th birthday on Dec. 15th.  Peyton is the daughter of my nephew Benjamin Arthur; granddaughter of Loretta Franklin; and great-granddaughter of Gene and Martha Franklin.

Happy Birthday!

Nyah turned 6 on Dec. 19th.  Nyah is pictured with her older sister Neeley.  Nyah is the daughter of my cousin Jeffrey and Charity Brown.   

Happy Birthday!  

Ronnie celebrated his 8th birthday on Dec 19th.  Ronnie is the son of cousin Annette and Ronald Gardner; and grandson of Barabara Wilkie.

Happy Birthday! 

Miranda Pettit will celebrate her 44th birthday on Dec.  22nd. Miranda is the daughter of my cousin Dianne Pettit.  

Happy Birthday! 

Kimberly Arthur will celebrate her 33rd birthday on Dec. 23rd. Kimberly is pictured with her youngest son, Derek.   She is the daughter of my cousin Gloria Arthur.  

Happy Birthday! 

Emily Mitchell will celebrate her 25th birthday on Dec. 31st.  Emily is the daughter of my cousin Tony Mitchell and granddaughter of cousin Judy Mitchell.   

Happy Birthday!

Video - Angel choir and the trumpeter - Canadian Brass

Always love to hear this arrangement from Canadian Brass, now they have posted a video from last Christmas. Especially like to hear the piccolo trumpet soloist.

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OUR THREE GRANDS BORN IN 2014 WILL CELEBRATE THEIR FIRST CHRISTMAS IN GEORGIA! 

Evelyn (left) Asher and Elisea (bottom right)

We are so excited that our family will be together for Christmas this year.  

Video- Christmas Surprise Traffic Stop with Lowell Police

This video from the police department in Lowell MI - Christmas Surprise Traffic Stop has gone viral on Facebook and the internet - now you can watch on my blog LOL! Enjoy and Merry Christmas everyone! 

Video- Appalachian Winter - a Christmas Cantata by Joseph Martin

This is an 8+ minute promo video from Hal Leonard Music for "Appalachian Winter" a cantata by Joseph Martin. Our church choir and orchestra will be using most of this book and other songs when we present our Christmas program "Tell It On The Mountain" on Sunday night, Dec 14th, at 6 PM at Berean Baptist Church in Lilburn, GA. 

Christmas music for brass

I recently had the opportunity to play in a brass ensemble with friends from my church and another church in Alabama.  I needed to find some easy to  moderately easy brass arrangements of Christmas music that could be played with very little rehearsal time.  I did not want to use just simple hymn arrangements, and was pleased to find this book arranged by John Cacavas at J.W Pepper.com.    

"Christmas Brass Ensembles" is a collection of 19 seasonal favorites, mostly Christmas carols but some other fun songs include, and written in nice five part arrangements.  Each book is $4.95 and includes Trumpet 1 and Trumpet 2, Trombone 1 and Trombone 2, Tuba, Baritone TC(sames a Trombone 2 in treble clef), French Horn (also same a Trombone 2).   

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Playing Christmas carols before the Christmas parade

 in Opelika, AL on Saturday morning

Christmas Time Is Here Ben Everson

Music to celebrate Christmas - this is a nice arrangement of a favorite song from the Charlie Brown Christmas classic cartoon - "Christmas Time is Here"