New Years Eve, Eve

We got all the cousin's together today. This doesn't happen very often so when it does happen, It's a special occasion.

Made it to San Antonio

Uneventful trip today. Today is Sunday. I would say Sunday is the best day to drive through Houston. Its either that they are all in church or, more likely, they're all recovering from their Saturday night festivities. The boys had some pent up energy when they exited the MP, hence these pics.

NEWS FLASH!!!

Due to very inclement weather at our planned campsite in Mississippi we kept driving. We are now west of Baton Rouge and should be in SA tomorrow.

X county RV trip on I-10

We are headed to SA for the new year. We have decided to take 4 days instead of the normal 3. Last night was Tallahassee. Connor likes watching cars and trucks. He found a good spot.

Christmas Day 2013

Well Dave, what did you do to work off that wonderful meal? 47 bags of leaves raked and bagged.

T'was the night before Christmas

And the boys were pumped---waiting for their presents to be dumped---under the tree, by the fat man in a red suit---the only problem was a hot fire was burn'n and we were think'n Santa might not be return'n.

Mini-bike riding

So happy to stop

Jamie and I finished the play set today. Jamie's friend, who is the puzzle master, wasn't here today. He did leave us all his tools and that was a tremendous help. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and we will spend the night at the kids house so that we can participate in the early morning festivities.

Big project

Jamie's parents and Jenny & I pitched in and bought a play set for the boys. There is "some assembly required." Maybe 2000 parts. The instructions say it will take 2 people 24 hours. We did a lot today but there are still gazillions of parts left and at least 1/2 of the instruction book we haven't looked at. We did have 2 engineers on the job and I can follow directions.

Charleston for Christmas

We're here in the MP. This morning we drove an hour 45 to talk to our realtor in Beaufort. All the good stuff is sold at Habersham so we might have to build something. We drove downtown tonight and had dinner, took a carriage ride, led by Santa, and sang carrols. Christmas trees are different in South Carolina as shown in this pic. Austin ate some marshmallows for dessert.

Margaret Blome Williams

My mother passed away this morning at 8:45. She was an extraordinary mother, wife, and friend. She has been suffering from Alzheimer's for 14 years and she died at home with her 3 children at her side. Everyone who knew her was enriched by the experience. We will all miss her. A truly wonderful life. 1922-2013. Rest in Pease Mom.

Thanksgiving in San Antonio

We flew into S.A. to visit with Memaw (my mother) and the trip just happened to coincide with Thanksgiving. Seth smoked his first turkey. He had learned from my numerous failures so his bird was delicious. The only problem being, that it was fully cooked and ready to eat at 9 in the morning. The next day Seth and Courtney decorated their house. It was a little scary to watch. I have included an especially cute pic of Stella.