New Year's Eve Eve

Grace and the author continue to enjoy their break... which is not to say it's been all fun-and-games. Here's a look at our home featuring new shutters and freshly painted soffit & fascia!

Christmas Day

Grace's brother Jonathan joined us for "Chinese"... with T & K in Gainesville, we are otherwise down to the core-3 at this house...

Christmas Eve

So nice to have our four youngest here this evening... Kara and Tim head to Gainesville in the morning to spend a little time with their grandparents before heading north Monday afternoon...

Merry Christmas to everyone from the six of us!

6th Monthiversary

Savannah, Georgia was a great place to celebrate a half year of marriage... don't we look like a couple of newlywed tourists?

on the Savannah riverfront...

We parked the car for three days, thoroughly enjoying the beautiful weather, live oaks, bicentennial homes, quaint little shops, fresh seafood and each other's company!

Kara and Tim will be arriving in Jax around 8:00 tonight; we've been busy "pulling Christmas together" today! Looking forward to spending it with our four unmarried "kids" as one family for the first time!

...My bride at Fort Pulaski!

Shutterfly

My first attempt at using this site that is a favorite of so many of our friends and family...

Stationery card

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Decking the Halls

It was time... 15 days till Christmas!

Setting up the tree is always a special time as we remember the source of each ornament, some made by one of our kids, others commemorating a special achievement or "baby's first Christmas"... we both look forward to adding another of those for the first grandchild (due to be born January 31st)!

Grace did a beautiful job on the entire house... my big job was "lighting the roof-line", and as you can see from the picture (below), one of the bulbs is already in need of tightening or replacement... I did check them all before putting away the ladder ;-)