EASTER 2008
The beautiful weather allowed us to have dessert outside
under the gazebo after Easter dinner. left-to-right:
Me (holding Barkley), Lynda (holding grandson Nicolas),
Alejandro, Dad, Kelly, Mom.

Nicolas ponders a wrough-iron candle globe


Alejandro rests his sprained ankle, while using the computer

CHRISTMAS 2007

Above: Bob tries on a Christmas bow

stored in the attic

Above: Mom tries the laurels out on Dave's head


Above: Yvonne decorates Mom & Dad's dining room



Above: Bob removes leaves from the clogged

gutter to impress Santa




Above: Dad hugs daughter Jessica & husband Sean
(Tucker in foreground)





Sean & Tucker



Above: Jessie hugs her cat BEAN, who slept in the loft





Above: Leah McNinch & Baylor (left) & Jessie & Barkley

Above: Chris holds up son Cort, to examine the lights

during a visit to the Zoo for "The Lights Before Christmas"

Above: Cort holds hands with both grandmommies at the Zoo
(both granddaddies in background)

Above: Chris & Cort open presents

Jessie hugs Cort

Alejandro (above) & Kelly had to sleep in the dining room

Above: Christmas games at Bob & Yvonne's house

Above: Mike McGowan holds up the phone

so brother Jeff (on phone)

can hear us wish him Merry Christmas

Above: Christmas tree dessert made by Jessie

Above: Cort is first to open presents on Christmas morning

. . . a train set

Above: Dart board for Jessie & Sean's Den

Above: New Jammies for Sean

Above: Hedgetrimmer for Chris

Above: Hammock for Jessie & Sean

Above: Umbrella for Cort's mommie (Emily)

Above: New grill for Alejandro & Kelly

Above: Yours truly gets a wireless mouse

Above: Cort Scribbles with new crayons

Above: Christmas dinner at Mom & Dad's house

(Dad with Santa cap, Kelly to right, Bob to left)

Stuffed turkies

Above: Mr. & Mrs Santa Claus (dad & mom)

Above: Chris poses with Granddad (a.k.a. groucho)




Above: Brian wishes Dad "Merry Christmas" by phone

Above: Late Christmas for Nicolas. . playing in new tent

Above: Miriam (Nicolas' grandmother from Bogota)

gets a new purse

Above: Kelly, Nicolas & Lynda help Nicolas play with new toys

ITALIAN PIE

We all met for lunch in the Village at Sandhills

at a pizza joint called "The Italian Pie".

We had the waitress take this

picture with Steve's cell phone.

It took about 30 minutes to figure out how to

Email it to me so I could post it.

TRAIN RIDE

After Thanksgiving, we went to Winnsoboro, SC,

for a one hour train ride at a train museum.

The old steam locomotive

"Let's Go"

The dining car

The kitchen

The bedroom

The Bathroom

The Narrow Hallway

All Aboard!

"Cheese"

"We're Moving"

Nicolas checks out the view . . .

Old Passenger Cars . . .

Big rock & little tree. . .

Old Share-cropper's cabins

Old Factories . . .

Old Saint Nic . . .

Granddaddie holds on for dear life

Chris hangs on to Cort

Grandmommie hangs on to Nicolas

"End of the line. . .Every Off!"