a new year, a new post

Yet again, My life in pictures...
Amy and I got a little excited about Christmas. Funny thing is, it was actually the 23d when we had Christmas. Imagine what this picture would look like if we had had to wait for 2 more days.The whole family went up to a cabin in Gatlinburg for the 24th-27th. We bonded and nobody died. We played this game called Apples to Apples. G-ma and Nancy cheated. If you want to play, let me know, cause I have it in my closet.
Here are G-ma and G-pa looking particularly spiffy. As usual, they were quite happy to have everyone in the same place.
I like to mention quite often that I was in charge of the turkey. Probably not a good idea. But it was good. Scott and I model the turkeys and ham here...
Here's the A to Z picture, a lovely and cheesy family tradition. This, of course, is the serious picture. We all had stockings, as you can see...The two hanging from the ceiling on the left are for dad and uncle david. We're a rather short family. I am the shortest cousin except for Stacy. Thank goodness she joined the family.
As I wait for the next set of pictures to load, I will entertain myself with a little anecdote. So Carson (el perro pequeno) thinks she is a lot bigger than she really is. Anyway, Teddy (el perro grande) came on the trip too, and apparently the two just don't like each other. Carson's going through what every older sibling goes through when they have to share attention. Anyway, Carson tried to defend her food one day but snarling and freaking out on Teddy. So Teddy did what anyone would do and returned the sentiment. Needless to say, Carson lost. She got a bloody nose that we didn't notice until she had tracked blood all over the kitchen. Then, just when we had gotten it to stop, she sneezed on me. It was a traumatic day for dogs everywhere.
Here's a scene from our porch...
And here's the same view the next day. It snowed! Yay!
We went on a lot of walks when it snowed. This is me and G-pa on one of our walks...
I tried very hard and eventually caught a snowflake!
G-pa is trying to bug G-ma, I think. She did the same thing to Zach a little earlier. It was her birthday...we got her snow.
Check out this awesome view. This was right after sunrise the morning after the snow. We were above the clouds.
Joe and I being crazy with my new camera...
Rach and I at Gulf Coast in Panama City. My friends rock because they came for me!
Pretty sunset! Pretty pretty sunset! Don't you like the view from our room?
The triumvirate (tri-something that stone called us) on the dock at some restaurant.
I was so hungry that I considered using my knife to end the hunger. Then my fried pickles showed up...just in time...
Here's everybody! Danny worked hard to pick this spot for the picture, so props to Danny for the gorgeous backdrop.
I think they ran into the ocean like that too...
Sexy sexy pier...
Triumvirate on our little trip into Seaside. We planned our weddings and picked out our million dollar beach homes while we were there.

Anyway, school has started again and life is busy as ever. My ankle is hurting quite a bit right now. That's all I have.