Ok, ok, I am being extremely slack with the whole posting thing so far in 2008. What do you expect when you take someone from hanging out at a beachhouse for a week and then make them to work again...it's not a pretty sight. So, after much badgering by Maia, I felt the least I owed those of you faithful friends who check this are some pictures from the beachhouse.
the view from the back porch - hard to beat for sure!
of course there was present opening - it was Christmas after all!
Kaylinn and Dudley were not psyched about their Santa hats, but we LOVED them!
so dramatic!
oh, how these dogs love to run
Brandy and I making cookies - this is the first time Brandy has EVER made this Christmas cookie. My mom is a little psycho about the cookies, which makes it difficult for people who are not overly obsessed with cookie perfection to hold their own against her :) however, this year something went wrong with the chocolate and it wouldn't melt, so my mom decided we should just throw it all out, but Brandy stepped up to the plate to assist me in imperfect cookies. it was quite entertaining...and delicous!
foggy day at the beach
Sandor had so much fun doing the first puzzle that he decided to get us a second one to start - however he also decided to up the stakes. He got this puzzle that is a picture make a ton of tiny pictures so you can't actually put the puzzle together like a normal puzzle you have to find where that picture is on the big picture and put it near where it seems like it would go in the puzzle and then once you do that with enough pieces you can start to put it together! yes, it's as exhausting as it sounds.
sweet dogs sleeping in each others bed - they are so cute together
the view from the back porch - hard to beat for sure!
of course there was present opening - it was Christmas after all!
Kaylinn and Dudley were not psyched about their Santa hats, but we LOVED them!
so dramatic!
morning walk on the beach
oh, how these dogs love to run
mom and dad doing the Christmas puzzle
Brandy and I making cookies - this is the first time Brandy has EVER made this Christmas cookie. My mom is a little psycho about the cookies, which makes it difficult for people who are not overly obsessed with cookie perfection to hold their own against her :) however, this year something went wrong with the chocolate and it wouldn't melt, so my mom decided we should just throw it all out, but Brandy stepped up to the plate to assist me in imperfect cookies. it was quite entertaining...and delicous!
foggy day at the beach
Sandor had so much fun doing the first puzzle that he decided to get us a second one to start - however he also decided to up the stakes. He got this puzzle that is a picture make a ton of tiny pictures so you can't actually put the puzzle together like a normal puzzle you have to find where that picture is on the big picture and put it near where it seems like it would go in the puzzle and then once you do that with enough pieces you can start to put it together! yes, it's as exhausting as it sounds.
the finished product...
Dudley guarding the house - he loved sitting there and barking at all the cars turning around at the washout
Nicole got a cookbook for Christmas so she was very intent on 'making thing' - amazingly they were actually pretty tasty
Matt came home! He flew into Atlanta from Iraq on the 31st and his girlfriend drove him down to Charleston so we could see him before he headed to Tennessee with her
the remaining members of the New Years party shortly after midnight - sans Nikole of course, she is very adamant about her hatred of people taking pictures of her
Happy 2008!
How about that - I've got a t-shirt just like the one your Dad is wearing in the puzzle pic ;)
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