Random Christmas 2008

In the middle of all the chaos of moving... we were able to sqeeze in a little Christmas!!

This is on our Christmas Card that everyone should expect in their mailboxes mid to late January... our new fireplace


Here the girls are getting ready for Santa... he came a few days early to our house, we guessed it was because of the new address.


Santa brought all kinds of goodies including a wii and wii fit!


We got to spend some time with the cousins.


Here is everyone in their new jammies... thanks Nana!

The Griswold Reese Family Christmas

The whole clan got together in North Carolina... we enjoyed some food and fellowship and celebrated Avery and Joyce's 40th wedding anniversary!


The Youngin's... these are all of the great-grandkids... well, not all... not even close, but a good looking bunch!



Getting Older (some of YOU are older than others)... 15 of the 19 grandkids


Really Old... haha... the brothers with their lovely wives (sadly, missing a couple of folks in this one)

And, the original... Mrs. Sallie.
Grandma was feeling the Christmas spirit, she was as happy as Dad has seen her in a long time!!


The oldest and the youngest of the brothers... acting their ages (at least Dad kept his teeth in)!

Some interesting things overheard at the Reese family get-together:
"That's OK Joyce, at least you know you have a pair at home just like them." Uncle Gerald
"This family likes them even if they are black." Sheila ***this is a reference to food so nobody gets in trouble
"How is this a family reunion if I don't know anybody here?" Alex (Kelly's son)
"That's OK, Chris sleeps with his eyes open." Paige
"Ya'll want to see something nobody has seen in 40 years." Uncle Avery

Now That's My Kind of Building a House...

Thanks to Nana... a little Christmas crafting has been going on! These will be beautiful on our new mantle.

What Is Missing In This Picture?

More Thanksgiving 08

Kids and Chickens
The little ladies in the magnolia tree
The girls have to stick together
The Couzins
The brothers and their boys

Thanksgiving 2008

We spent our Thanksgiving on the Teague farm in North Carolina... as always the kids had a ball
Uncle Reggie hooked up the carriage out and gave Cass a workout! Always a HUGE hit!
Here is Drew in the top of the big magnolia tree
These 4 had such a great time together... out early giving the horses treats

And, the Floor Doesn't Lay Itself...

This has been a very common sight these days... that is either Chris or Pop, hard to tell from this angle... ha, ha
Momma gets in on the action... they don't trust me the power nailer... supposedly I can't hurt anything w/ the rubber hammer... we'll see
And, don't let the clean clothes fool you... I'm working hard

Here is a bit of the finished product, although it is very dirty... btw, we hired out the tile work

Well... The Walls Don't Paint Themselves

We have been painting up a storm... prime the whole house, then everything needs at least 2 coats of color. So, needless to say, a long few days.

Pop was jealous of us doing all this work by ourselves, so he came to join the fun

and here is Paige in her construction worker uniform... this includes 12 layers of clothing (b/c the temps have been bitter cold), a hat (b/c a little too much of the paint was ending up in the hair), an energy drink, and some cool accessory like a paint roller or rubber mallet
Here we find Chris in his natural habitat... this happens to be the master bathroom

Notice there are no pics of the girls or Nana... well, thanks to Nana- the girls had a super weekend away from the constuction zone, we all ate very well, and some a lot of much needed laundry got done!!

More Work on the Outside

The stoners are here
The pictures don't really show the detail, it looks great

Again, just for fun

There is a Front Porch Where a Huge Hole Used To Be...

The front porch now has concrete and a parking pad has been pouredWe are just going to have gravel from the parking pad to the street, especially until we are sure nothing else needs to be graded and we don't need a retaining wall


Just for fun... a little panoramic view of the fall color off the back deck

A Little Peek Inside

Not that you can tell much from the pictures, but we have the sheet-rock almost finished. The final sanding and ceiling treatment should be done by Wed... so, here comes the hard work for us. Painting and flooring, which we are planning on doing ourselves. Come on, how hard can it be... kidding!


First: Having nothing to do w/ house progress, the girls... they are troopers for hanging out at the house all the time
Now: looking out the kitchen bay windows
Next: looking toward foyer from living room
Finally: opposite- looking into living room f/ the foyer

Happy Halloween

Reese (pirate princess) & Drew(kitty) hope you all have had a Happy Halloween!

And Now, Our Favorite Part...

The Deck... we are really excited about getting to hang out here


Daddy has been plugging away at his projects, this is going to be the best insulated house in the county :)