Christmas 2008

Monday, December 22, 2008

Party in Pooler

Party tonight in Pooler. We got our luggage! As soon as we got to the airport the bags were just coming off of the carousel. Perfect timing.

Tonight we went to Jalapenos for a Mexican fiesta (and 32 oz. beers on special!). This picture makes me look like I am 4 ft tall! And here is Corey as Cousin Eddie ...

Big game tonight on Monday night football - I am routing for the Bears!! If their defense gets 20+ points tonight I will beat Corey for the third year in our fantasy football league! Go defense!

Christmas vacation movie it playing upstairs .... but I am planning for bed soon because I have to work tomorrow AM (working from home because of the shutdown).

Corey and Lori have a bet going -- the high tomorrow in the Savannah area is 60 degrees F, while the low is 25 degrees F. Corey has bet that the temperature at 8AM will be 39 degrees F or higher. Lori believes that it will be 38 degrees F or lower. I am betting that Lori will win! There is a beer at stake - so this will be a good one to win.

Goodnight for now!

In the Peach State!

We made it! We got a great workout in Hotlanta running from concourse A to concourse C to make our connection to Savannah. We got to the gate as they were finishing boarding - perfect timing! Unfortunately, our luggage wasn't so lucky. It was put on the next flight out of ATL - we should get it tonight by 7PM.

Here is a picture of cousin Eddie ... I mean Corey. Check him out, and then the movie clip of the real Eddie. Scary resemblance.

Delayed

It is freezing cold in Indiana - 5 degrees with wind chills lowering the "feels like" temp to below zero. It will be a nice relief to get to Georgia for some warmer weather.

So far we are only delayed by 30 minutes out of Indy. However, this means that our layover in ATL is now only 35 minutes. Fingers are crossed that there are no more delays and things go smoothly. A bad surprise at the airport - Delta lets passengers check one bag for free and charges 50$ for any additional bags. Bah-humbug. Southwest Airlines keeps looking better and better!

On a good note, the new Indy airport is awesome!

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Christmas Came Early!

Santa made it to 1712, and delivered many good times and great presents.

Here is how the day started ... I think most of us wished that we had a few extra hours for a nap.

After a game of euchre (Corey and I were slaughtered by Dad and Mike), things started to pick up. I think Mike and Dad won because Riley was helping out.

A gift card exchange and a yummy dinner later, we all opened Santa's presents. S.C promised a "light" Christmas but delivered way too many gifts!

Corey should look into a career in modeling!

Time to finish packing for Georgia ... and it's time for a good night of sleep to recover from the fun start to the Christmas season. Thanks to everyone for a WONDERFUL Christmas!

Petry Rich Wedding Part 2

Where to start?

It was such a fun night - and the slight headache I have now keeps reminding me of all of the fun had! All good parties end with a trip to Taco Bell ...

Today is Christmas for the Trueblood's and the White's! We still have to do some shopping before the festivities.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Christmas Wedding Part 1

Another fun way to start the Christmas season - a wedding! Katie Petry and Nathan Rich got married today. It was a really nice, and long, catholic wedding that started at 2PM. We are waiting to head to the reception which doesn't start until 5:30PM.

Here we all are just after the ceremony.

Here is the Christmas tree! Look at all of the presents : )

More later for Christmas Wedding Part 2.

Christmas Heartache

Today is a very sad day during my Christmas vacation - taking Louie to camp (aka the kennel).

He has plenty of Christmas goodies packed to take with him and we are letting him take his bed ... he will probably eat it or pee all over it, but at least we know he has it and he will be a bit more comfortable. Cousin Riley will join him on Christmas Eve! They better be good boys or Santa won't come!

Louie modeling his bed prior to leaving for camp.