First of Christmas 2010

Ok….I know I’m WAY behind on keeping my blog updated, but let’s face it…I’ve been a little busy!  Enough with the excuses.  I’ll try to fill in periodically with things that I’ve missed posting later.

Tonight was the first of our Christmas Extravaganza.  Beginning the Christmas season was the Weldon Family Christmas.  We had a ball eating (of course) and opening gifts, but most of all enjoying each others company.

Here we are…all the Weldons.  Front Row:  Me (Sylvia), Bill Bill, Jackie, Beth.  Back Row: Chip, Jessica, Clint, Sarah, Russ, and Chuck.

Here’s Jackie and Bill Bill with all the grands:  Jessica, Clint, Russ, and Sarah

Now this is the true picture of the grandkids….(we try to keep them under control!)  ha ha

See, if we feed them, they will usually calm down!

The food was great!  Thanks, Jackie for a fantastic meal…(that I didn’t have to cook!)   :)

Then on to the gifts!  Jackie likes hers!  Bill Bill gets a new heater for his camper.   Now, Clint.  You COULD be paying a little better attention!  We’re opening gifts!!!

Chip’s turn.

Mama joined us today.  Jackie gave everyone a scratch off lottery ticket.  Mama won $3!!!

Sarah didn’t win the lottery, but she did get a money machine!  (I had to try to top last year’s Geico money idea).

 

Jessica was the big winner with the lottery tickets.  She won $20!!!

Aunt B opens her gifts with gusto!

Lyndon gets in on the action.

 

I try my hand at the scratch off, but guess what?  NOTHING!

Russ has a very “MAGIC” Christmas this year.

Chuck gets new golf supplies.

 

Clint loves his new shirt.

 

Mary Ann joined in with the fun today….her tickets were not successful either!

 

We can’t leave out Lyndon!

Here’s a picture of Mama with Jessica and Clint.  I thought this one turned out really well!

Lots of fun was had by all! I love these people!

Men and Their Toys…

You take the task of moving a shed across the yard, and mix it with three men, a couple of backhoes, and a dump truck….well, you’ve got quite a Saturday morning!  Our new place had a “dog yard shed” right up close to the house that blocked my view of the pond and pasture on the left.  We wanted to move it to the right side of the house on the other side of the little dirt road that runs through our place.  Now I ask you…would you want to look at this every time you stepped out onto your back porch?

So Chip and his two buddies, Steve and Joe, set out to move that shed to the other side….

The idea was to tie pipe to all sides and lift it with backhoes.  Clint is checking it out, but he had to go to work today.  (I think he was thrilled, for once, to go to work! :)

They tied up to the shed and started to move…looks simple enough…right?  :)

The spot is looking better already!

This is the new concrete slab where the shed is going…

Here’s Chip driving the backhoe…(men and their toys)….

This is the view from the back of my house.

ALMOST!!!

YAY!!! Task completed!

Now they had to move everything back under the shed….Chip knew he didn’t want to unload and load that firewood again!  (I knew he’d come up with something!)

Then the task of busting up that concrete slab at the other place.

My new view out my back door!!!!  MUCH better!  Thanks guys!  I told Mama this morning that Daddy would have eaten this up today!  He loved being in the middle of things like this.  I sure miss him and wish he could have seen our new place.

While they were working, I began my first attempt at landscaping.  One SMALL flower bed down, and many, many more to go!

New House!

June was a very busy month for me this year!  As I was preparing and packing for our cruise, Chip was out house shopping!  He called on Thursday afternoon before we were leaving on Saturday and asked if I would come out long enough to “look” at something.  So I headed out to a house about a mile and a half from where we lived at the time.  He met me at the door and asked if I’d ever want to move.  MOVE?  Are you crazy?  Never an option!  He told me if I liked this house, we would buy it.  Wait.  Buy a house?  Had we EVER talked about buying a new house?  Had we ever talked about moving?  Had we looked at ANY other houses?  No would be the answer to all of the above! 

Well, I was trying to focus and wrap my head around what he had just said as I entered the house.  One: the living room was great….Two: the kitchen was fabulous!  I told him that he’d better not be pulling my leg because I had just fallen in love.  I didn’t even need to see the rest of the house!  (It was pretty cool too!) 

Here are some pictures of what it looked like that day…

If you look very carefully you will see the rainbow over the top of the house….guess that was a sign that this was meant to be!

Ok…now after a couple of months of moving and decorating, I THINK we are completely moved in and settled. (Still no landscaping, but that will have to be later!)  Here’s what the house looks like now…

The dining area

The kitchen..

The laundry room….

The master bath….LOVE my big shower!

The master bedroom…

Clint’s room…

  Jessica’s room….

Entrance….

Guest bath…

The back porch…BIG plans for this porch!  It will be a long time though before we get that done!  :) 

We are so blessed to get this new place.  I never thought I’d move, but I’m sure glad we did.  This is a wonderful place for Chip and I to grow old together!