Christmas at Keowee

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Christmas 2009

Make a Smilebox slideshow And a beautiful rendition of Jingle Bells on Thomas' new "Tinkle Toys" microphone

Twas the Day Before Christmas...

The children were nestled all snug in their beds.

Roper Mountain Lights

Tonight, the whole family (including Kudzu!) loaded up to take our annual trip to Roper Mountain to see the Christmas lights.

We were nervous about Thomas seeing Santa Clause but reverse psychology worked wonders and after telling Thomas he was too little, he jumped on Santa's lap and talked the poor fellows ear off!

Christmas Cookies

We had a wonderful time making a mess.

Oh yea, and we made cookies while we were at it!

Grown-up Weekend

Last night was Paul's Christmas Party, so Thomas got to stay home with his friend Madeline. Tonight, Thomas' daycare had a Parent's Night Out where his teachers got a chance to earn extra Christmas cash and the kids all got together in their pajamas for pizza and a Christmas movie. Paul and I enjoyed a nice dinner out and some Christmas shopping.

School Christmas Program

Tonight was the Christmas Program at Trinity United Methodist. Thomas had a great performance and had a really good time. The kids are singing Happy Birthday Jesus and you can barely hear it even if you've got your volume maxed.

After the program, we had refreshments and a silent auction.

Decorating the Tree

This evening we decorated our beautiful Fraser Fir that we brought back from the NC mountains. Thomas definitely was into hanging ornaments this year and we managed to decorate the tree without any broken ornaments!

Then Thomas went to bed, and Paul and I decorated the top 2/3rds of the tree!

Christmas Downtown

We woke up this morning excited to go downtown to the Christmas version of Saturday Farmer's Market downtown. The rain clouds were threatening, but we headed to Main Street only to find it cancelled due to rain!?

The rain never came but the cold did. That night we bundled up and headed back to Main Street for the Greenville Christmas Parade. It was cold but fun. Merry Christmas!

Putman's Karbin Kopy

August 10, 1997 to December 04, 2009

Today we lost a very dear friend. She was a great dog and wonderful companion. She will be missed terribly. We love you Karbin.