It SNOW joke.

What's that you say? We might be getting some snow?

Well, bless my blue eyes and toothy grin - That's AWESOME!!!

Mom? Do you think this baby is ready to rock some Brucemont Snow? You know it!

Now I can take my tandem sled around the block with Daddy and Flex in my own little Iditarod...

Take the cute girls on the block for a spin...

And just generally be a really cute snow baby!!

Year 2009 in Review

Thought I might take you all for a little trip down memory lane. Here are some shots over the last 13 months..........

December 2008

January 2009

February 2009

March 2009

April 2009

May 2009

June 2009

July 2009

August 2009

September 2009

October 2009

November 2009

December 2009

Check em out!

Yes, we have been silent a long time! But we just posted a bunch of blogs to try and catch you and us up! Please look back as there are several new posts to check out! I think a New Year's resolution is coming to mind....

Stateside Holidays

Again I apologize for the lack of posts these last months. Turns out that there is no time to blog when there is the most stuff to blog about going on. Does that make any sense? Sorry, it is really late and this is the only time I have to get these photos uploaded!

Anyway, I wanted to let everyone know that we have had a wonderful fall and winter, full of fun, friends and family.

John's Buddy Mary Adelyn celebrated her 1st birthday at a Bulldog tailgate and we had our family including Nan West and Uncle Pete to help in the merry making.

Then we had a fun Thanksgiving here at Pear Tree Manor where we shared some turkey with Uncle Don, Aunt Gale, Cousins Eve and Kyle, Nan West, and of course, Uncle Pete. Mommy made her first real turkey and John got to have his first, first birthday party, where he scored a SWEET sled from Uncle Don and Aunt Gale!

We then went to Nan West's for a USA Christmas celebration with turkey, pie and all the fixins. I was so busy cooking and mommying, that I don't have all the photo evidence, but you can rest assured that a good time was had by all!

Birthday Backblog.

So we missed the Birthday Blog. Sorry.

John turned one and Adam turned 30 this year, so we decided to have a 30+1 party to celebrate these milestones together.

Turns out that ALL of our friends and neighbors turned out.

John was slightly startled by the amount of chocolate cake presented to him, but he soon realized that "Johnny Like Cake."

Happy Belated Birthday, Boys.

Bye Bye 2009

What a fantastic way to wrap a wonderful year!

We beat the snow in Asheville to make the long flight to the UK.

Santa met us in the terminal.




As soon as we landed in England, we whisked away up to the Midlands to see Nan Partridge, Uncle Tony and Aunt Yvonne.

Then we got excited a bout hanging out with Grandma and Grandad Partridge....

Granny Bate.....

And all Dudes Partridge.

John still reigned supreme, even though the squirrel costume didn't make the trip.

And wouldn't you know they saved some snow for us when we got home...

Hope your Holiday was Great!

Happy New Year!!!

HALLOWEEN!!!!

The story of the squirrel king started when we brought John home to Asheville shortly after his birth. We noticed that the squirrels in our yard started acting very strangely. They were constantly on our porch and frequently peering in our front door, hoping to catch a glimpse of John.

I remembered the hundreds of poor little squirrels that lost their lives at the hand of Grandpa John and Uncle Pete, only to become a fine batch of Squirrel Stew. I thought, oh my, the Asheville squirrels know the plight of their fallen Warner Robins brothers and they have come for my first born. And of course, they will make him their king.

All hail, John, the Squirrel King.

So that's the story behind John's costume. You can see he tested it out to make sure the tail was fully functional.




We had some pictures with Nan and Mom.

And then we teamed up with the leader of the Trick-Or-Treaters, DJ Lance Rock, AKA, Deacon.

These two were cruisin' in style, showing all the kids here on Brucemont how to really work that cuteness factor.

Laid back. With my mind on candy, and candy on my mind.

Aww, yeah.

And Yeeee-Haw!!!!!