Our New Addition

We are alive and well......and always busy.

This is one reason we've been so occupied.

Is he not adorable?

This is Snickers.  He is our daughter's new Yorkie-poo and is 7 weeks old.

He is 1 1/2 pounds of trouble, let me tell you.

At first he had some health issues but after a weekend of hourly feedings and medicine, I'm happy to report that Snickers is doing great. 

 He's running around here jumping and growling at our feet.

Hopefully I'll get back to regular posting - I miss it so much.

Hope everyone is having a great Spring so far!

Christmas at ReeRee's

Well, I am glad to be home.  We had an extremely busy weekend going to North Carolina for our family Christmas visits of 2010.


I'll start out the recaps with our visit to my Aunt Rita's home in Swansboro, NC. I just love going down to the coast - it is always beautiful no matter what time of year. This year it was freezing but still pretty and I did brave the winds to go outside and snap a few pictures for you.


Here we go.....(picture overload).

The boys room - they have two grandsons & this is where they sleep when visiting.

The bathroom between these two bedrooms.

The other guest bedroom - this one faces the water. Beautiful views.

The landing of the main floor. Her home has three levels and you aren't supposed to have any living areas on the bottom floor in case of floods, however they did include a guest suite down there (which I forgot to photograph).

The stairs that are in the center of the house.

This is looking down on the entrance level - there is a fountain down there & I just love the water sounds.

The breakfast area off the kitchen and living room.

The wet bar.

The dining room.

The views - I know!

The landing on the third floor which is all master suite (ignore my posing daughter).

They have a little coffee area in their bedroom so they don't have to mosey downstairs for a while.

Our hosts posing with my mom.  I can't believe all those pictures and I forgot to get a good one of the living area and kitchen.  There was just too much going on, I guess.  Hope you enjoyed a look around. 

I'm off to rest up. 

Things Left Behind

It was one week ago today that my mom called to tell us we should drive up to NC to see Jack because things weren't looking good.

We arrived in time to see him and spend that last night with him as he was struggling in the hospital. On Friday morning, God decided it was time and finally let his body rest.

The next few days were a flurry of activity.

Funeral arrangements to make, family and friends to see and more BBQ and fried chicken than I've ever seen to eat. (Nobody does funeral food like southerners.)

After all of the activity was done and it was just me, my mom and G at her house, I walked around just looking at all of Jack's stuff sitting there like he's going to walk in and grab it anytime.

I immediately grabbed my camera (cause that's what I do) and snapped a few pictures so I'd always have those memories of him.

(Photographs that we displayed during the visitation.)

He may have technically been just my step-dad, but he was the only father I really ever had and he will be missed dearly.

We've been gone.

Sorry I haven't had any new posts lately. We've been out of town celebrating Independence Day with my family. Hamburgers, hot dogs, swimming & fireworks (with a few birthday celebrations thrown in for fun). A good time was had by all. (I'll post pictures later - too much to do to download right now)

Hope all of you had a great holiday weekend.

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