There's nothing like a little naked pretend vacuuming to get you in the Christmas spirit.

More Christmas vacuuming.

Brees Family at Christmas

Santa brought Simon a cool cool racetrack.

Daddy and Simon explore Santa's gifts.

Santa brought Simon a gigantic sucker... and Daddy is impressed.

Stacy in her custom apron.

Lolly in her custom apron.

Pop gets an LSU calendar.

Daddy got a fly-fishing hat... and looks like he's already had a few too many.

Another game for the Leapster... while Dad prepares to take a hit of caffeine






















Looking for a bug to catch in his new bug catcher.

Simon had a small emergency on our Christmas Day walk. Good thing it was cold and nobody was about... then again he's 3.

Daddy helping Simon setup the stomp rockets.

Stomp Rocket Retreiver.

Stomp rockets at Freedom Park

Rocket in mid flight

Simon prepares a shot for Stacy

Pop teaching Simon to swing

Gingerbread Houses

We attended a short kids workshop to decorate a gingerbread house. Needless to say it got very sticky but the kids had a great time.

Decorating the house

This gumdrop goes here.

Avery digs in

Simon on his first date. I think Avery likes it.

Thanksgiving 2008

The entire (although not so large) Brees clan gathered at Lolly and Pop's house in Augusta, GA to celebrate Thanksgiving. Jeremy and Emily drove up from Tallahassee and we ate more than any other family.

Walking down the canal path.
Throwing rocks into the canal from the canal path

Simon, Lolly and Pop racing down the canal path. There has been a lot of racing lately.

Simon looking for rocks on the canal path bridge.

Throwing Rocks into the canal from the bridge

Throwing rocks into the canal from the dock

Simon, Lolly and Pop

The Brees Clan at Thanksgiving.

Soccer Season

Simon played soccer for the first time this Fall (2008). It was the micro-league where the kids spend as much time falling down, chatting about a stick and other (more interesting) pursuits than kicking the ball into the goal. Still it was quite fun to watch and coach.

Simon and Coach Daddy off to a game.



Running after the ball.

Kicking the ball.

Simon trying to stop the ball with his foot.

Simon kicking the ball in the opposite direction that Coach Daddy is pointing.
Simon and Alex score a goal!!!

Most of the team couldn't wait to stop playing soccer so they could play with this little marble game built into the play gym. Figures.

Wine Tasting

A few pictures from our most recent wine tasting.

Halloween

Simon wanted to be a ghost this Halloween. He was scary.

Digging out the pumpkin goop.

Simon, Daddy and Juanita carving the scary face

Juanita ready to go trick-or-treating with Simon.

Our little scary ghost.

South Dakota Pheasant Hunting

My (Jeb) GC took the Commonwealth team and some others on a pheasant hunting trip up near Clark, SD in mid-October. It was a great weekend of hunting, poker and manly fellowship. Here are a few snapshots from the trip.

Waiting to start

Senator Johnson... taking an aggressive stance on something.

Birds