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The Finishing Touches!
 

Planting a Baby Oak Tree!
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Breaking Ground
on the Little
Oak Tree
 
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Cherish Takes her
Turn on the
Shovel
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C'mon, gimme
a Cheesey Smile!
 
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Cherish Preps the
Tree for Planting
 
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Tyler drags over
the garden hose
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Watering the Tree
for the First Time
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Cherish & Ty
by our Little
Oak Tree

 

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Special Thanks to
Cherish's Boss, Dan
for our first house
warming gift of
The Little Oak Tree!
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Tyler gets bored with
planting and finds
something a little
more interesting for
a seven year old
Fall Pics & Playing in the Leaves
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The house thru
the Fall Foliage
 
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Another Angle
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Another Angle
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Another Angle
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Ty buried in
the Leaves
 
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Tyler gets
MORE buried
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Brian buried in
the Leaves
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Both of us
buried
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Cherish and Ty
down by the lake
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Brian & Tyler
climb out on the
neighbor's tree

 

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...and they go
a little bit higher
up the tree.
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Wow, look how
high they are!

 

FINISHING the Chinking (finally)
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Yes, there was still
a little interior
cosmetic chinking
to be done (after
the wallpapering)
 
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Brian teaches
Cherish the 3 stages
of Chinking - Step
One
- Squeezing
out the Chinking
 
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Step Two
Smoothing out
the Chinking
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Step Three
Smile and look
pretty while
making the
chinking also
look pretty
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Hmm, but Cherish
teaches Brian a
whole new STYLE
of Chinking...
 
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Coming soon:
Girls Gone
Wild #32:
Topless Chinking!
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Brian's LEAST
favorite corner
finally gets
finished
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How do you
really feel
Brian?
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The finished
product where
the wallpaper
meets the logs
 
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Another wallpaper
wall gets
chinked
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The chinking tools
get cleaned for
perhaps the
last time

 

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Brian bids them
a fond farewell...
Thanksgiving at the Cabin
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Brian cleans the
Turkey...eew....
 
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Mom stuffing
the bird...
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Brian chops up
the veggies
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Mom slicing up
some veggies
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Brian dicing up
the Turkey Livers
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Brian & Dad
prepare appetizers
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The Thanksgiving
Spread!
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The Thanksgiving
Spread!
 
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Mom & Dan start
dishing it out
 
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Dan Carves
the Turkey
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The group relaxes
before Breakfast
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The Turkey kicks
in and makes us
all sleepy...
 
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Mom sits down
to enjoy a book...

 

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Mom and Dan
veg out on the
couch
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Cherish chills out
with a book
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Mom & Dad
take a nap
Some Winter Shots of the Snow Falling
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Our Little Oak
Tree gets its
first snow
 
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My new
FAVORITE
photo!
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A shot from
down the hill
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A different
Angle
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A shot of the
Lake

 

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Check out the
reflection in this
shot of the Lake
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A Look UP at
the cabin
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Brian's self-portrait
in the Winter
Wonderland

 

The Phones and A Redneck Antenna
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Kitchen Phone
Thanks to my pal
John for wiring them
all up for me!

 

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Check out the cute
little nightstand and
phone in the
guest bedroom

 

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Brian & Pat
rig up a redneck
antenna...
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So that we can
watch
Thanksgiving
Day
Football!
Hanging Up Some Pictures
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Master Bedroom
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Loft
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Loft
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Loft

 

More Finishing Touches
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The Guest Bedroom
 
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Chairs in the
Guest Bedroom
 
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Some Papasan
Chairs
in the Loft
 
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Brian & Pat install
a cutting board in the
drawer in the kitchen

 

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Pat drills a hinge
for the sponge
drawers at the sink
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Brian tests out the
new toilet...and there
is NEVER ANY
stinkin' Toilet Paper...
(I get no respect)

 

The Obligatory Gizmo Photos
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Relaxing
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Dancing

 

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Posing
The Champagne Toast!  We're Done!
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Mom unwraps the
champagne
 
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Mom & Cherish TRY
to open the bottle
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Dad TRIES to open
the stubborn bottle
 
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Brian says "ah, this
will be easy!"
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Um, NOT so easy,
huh Bri?
 
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We FINALLY get
the champagne open
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Dan & Giz

 

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Cheers!
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Gizmo doesn't like
Champagne...

 


Thank You all for Following
Me on This Crazy Journey!