Oh Heaven, Reesey Turned 7

Our baby is not a baby anymore! 7 years ago we welcomed our little Reesey Cup into the world.... and we had no idea what we were getting into! She adds so much excitement to our lives! She is sweet and cuddly, stubborn and conniving, smart and tender-hearted, tough and hard-headed... all wrapped up in the cutest little package w/ curly hair and a few missing teeth that you've ever seen! We love you, Reese!

We had a great little cook out on Reese's Birthday and were able to share it w/ some friends and Jed & Delia!

Then, we invited some of Reese's friends from school to a party @ Build-a-Bear Workshop at the mall. As you can see from the pics, Reese and her friends (& Drew) had a great time... we were also glad Nana, Pop, and Aunt Tara could join in the fun!

Playin' Hooky

So about 7 o'clock on a Tuesday, we decided to drive up to North Carolina and ski the next day. Chris worked it out with work and the girls played "hooky" from school. Isn't that a great lesson to teach them, they can miss school for a good reason like... going skiing. Anyway, we loaded up the car, after an ordeal getting all of our ski stuff, and headed to the snowy mountains Above: the first lift ride of the day
Below: the second lift ride of the day... I started taking the frostbite warning seriously

And, don't let the beautiful sunshine fool you... it was about 9 degrees up top. It did warm up to a balmy 17 or so by the end of the day! You know on the movie "Dumb & Dumber", when they ride the little motorbike through the cold weather and icicles start to form? Yeah, something like that...
It was actually much warmer toward the bottom of the mountain where the girls spent most of their day. They rode the magic carpet on the bunny slope a couple of times, and spent the rest of the day on the green slopes with thier instructor. By the time we picked them up, they were hitting jumps, skiing off through the trees, and flying down the hill! We are going to have a hard time keeping up with them pretty soon!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

What a treat... a beautiful snow shower to end a long weekend.
the view out of the kitchen window above

Reese and a friend, Maddy.

... and, A Happy New Year!

Breakin the new house in w/ a little New Year's Eve get together

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.