What a great way to start Winter….Christmas presents!!!!!!!!
Prepping to go out on Christmas Eve.
Kelli’s putting in a last minute request to Santa.
My mother’s house for the decorating of the Christmas tree.
This ain’t no Charlie Brown tree.
Over to Beth’s parent’s house for some more Christmas spirit.
When we came home, Bender had left us a little present in front of our house.
A Christmas tradition of sleeping in front of the tree……
Next morning, and look at ALL THE GIFTS!!!!!!
Later that morning, we went over to my brother’s for breakfast.
Like a good woman, my mother wears an apron wherever she goes.
From my brother’s, it was over to Megan’s for more food.
I sung some Christmas songs….
And got a little help playing.
Back over to my mother’s for more gifts.
My father tries out my new toy.
Cousin Robert with his girlfriend.
My father caught between two sisters.
Not so close with that dragon breath!!
See the resemblance?
My Family.
Over to my mother-in-laws house for dinner.
More gifts.
Dave talks about the dangers of living in sin.
Kelli almost had to sit here for dinner.
Kelli’s Family.
Sugar….buzz….wearing…..off.
A couple days later, it was back again, this time my family included.
Where else would you expect to find the men? In front of the TV.
The women were in the other room talking.
Sisters, get’em when you can.
The smoking section.
Self-portrait.
Not the best picture of us, but it works.
Mike gave me a moon light gift that will shine for a while.
It’s one of those things where you drive through the lights.
The cars in front of you can go TOO slow at times.
Some of them move.
This one shot a cannon across the road.
Yes, I know I’ve been harping on this for a while.
The Symphony of Lights in Columbia.
New Years Eve.
I think they’re goosing her!!
Any girl that eats oysters would probably…um…you know.
Second party of the night for New Years.
Peter is always soooo happy.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
That knock-out wife of mine.
Hmmmm, what is the coke for?
Ummmm, what?
What better way to bring the New Year in with then the bubbly?
As you can see there was lots of family time over the holidays.
And even more at my Aunt and Uncles house.
The hot tub is leaking. (Set to be fixed March 31st).
The hurricane damage still needed some work.
This is the machine that makes the gutter.
A big spool of sheet metal just spits out 45 feet of gutter.
Beth comes over one night for drinks.
Another night, and it’s game night.
Do you see us?
We, of course, did boys against girls.
Hangin’ with the guys one night.
Later that night playing with the shutter speed on my camera.
Ever see the movie the ring?
A winter wonderland at the house.
Look at the type of shoe Kelli wore in the snow.
The next morning, we cleaned up, then got the hell outta’ Dodge.
Three inches so far…..
So I paid some kids to shovel the driveway.
Chauncey helps me count the money.
My brother’s RC car hobby.
His neighbor’s real truck!!
We went sledding….
But Mathew didn’t do as well.
Kelli grew portobello mushrooms….
Mmmmmmm, mushrooms.
For the Super Bowl, Brian came over…
But Kelli was more interested in other things.
Me, right before getting my hair chopped off.
A night in Canton…
And a Valentine’s day at the Harbor.
My fathers birthday, but I forgot to take a picture of him.
The new camera with the underwater housing.
All guilty parties please step in front of the camera.
This is just wrong.
A day in DC……
At the convention center….
For a wine tasting!!!
Kelli poses for a shot.
A cooking demonstration….
With lots of food….
And Kelli goes to get the recipe.
Mmmm, food!!!
Clearly been drinking wine.
Kelli and her boss, Tom.
The boss’ wife.
My brother is re-doing the railing on his deck….
And adding a second set of steps.
Later that day, over to Brian’s to help him with his place.
He loaded most of it without me.
Lots of work, and even Erin puts in a good effort.
We were joking that this was a shallow grave.
I found this birdbox, so I set it up for them.
Getting ready for marriage, they’re dividing everything up.
Brian got the dead trees….
And the hard work.
But in the end, he gets to have his fun.
The hawk comes back.
Drink break!!
Hanging out with the preggo chic….
And she shows off the belly.
Jules stops by for some drinks…..
And Chinese food.
Hey look at that, more drinking….
And fun with a black-light.
My brother lays some new flooring.
He was going to leave just the black stuff, but I told him to go all the way and do the hardwood too.
Erin’s cousin came over to help out with the job.
At the neighbor’s house for a bithday party with gambling!!!
It was lots of fun…
Nothing like shooting craps!!!
With lots of action going on….
Out for a drive one day to take some pictures of my favorite subject.
Some art-sy stuff, just for fun.
Just like Kelli to go that direction.
I bet that’s not just coke.
A good picture of my brother.
A good picture of my brother….being himself.
I went for a walk at Centennial Park one day and took some pictures.
The sign says, “Prevent erosion, please use the pathway”
Some geese hanging out.
The sign in his truck says Gone fishin’.
Kelli’s new work area for her crafts.
It was girls weekend away and the view from the cabin they rented was grand.
They did the wino-select wine tasting.
When men aren’t around, women DO cut the cheese.
The worst bottle was ironicly named “Worthy”.
Indeed!!!
The usual suspects.
They were professional by keeping score.
We’re drunk, and we’ve got documentation to prove it!!!
Damn, they need to do this kind of stuff for their men!!
Wait, we don’t like that picture….
Give us a second to get ready….
OK, now we’re ready.
I hear she does this with more than just wine.
I’m disco dancin’ with my wine!!
Umm…oh yeah………I’m…ah…drunk.
Cheering during the naked pillow fights.
Hellooooo ladies!!
Like a good woman, in the kitchen cooking.
Butler & Butler give it two thumbs up.
Not having been there, I have no idea what to write on some of these pictures.
What are they looking at you ask?
That’s not the Victoria’s Secret Catalog.
Apparently, at roughly the same time, me and a couple of guys were getting into some serious gaming.
Can you guess the game?
OK, back to the ladies.
No, that’s not Kelli.
This was the place they rented.
Well, that’s all for now, so go away before I shoot you!!!!