Brian's Log Cabin - Fall 2004

The Finishing Touches!

Planting a Baby Oak Tree!
Breaking Ground on the Little Oak Tree	Cherish Takes her Turn on the Shovel	C'mon, gimme a Cheesey Smile!
Cherish Preps the Tree for Planting	Tyler drags over the garden hose	Watering the Tree for the First Time
Cherish & Ty by our Little Oak Tree	Special Thanks to Cherish's Boss, Dan for our first house warming gift of The Little Oak Tree!	Tyler gets bored with planting and finds something a little more interesting for a seven year old

Fall Pics & Playing in the Leaves
The house thru the Fall Foliage	Another Angle	Another Angle	Another Angle
Ty buried in the Leaves	Tyler gets MORE buried	Brian buried in the Leaves	Both of us buried
Cherish and Ty down by the lake	Brian & Tyler climb out on the neighbor's tree	...and they go a little bit higher up the tree.	Wow, look how high they are!
FINISHING the Chinking (finally)
Yes, there was still a little interior cosmetic chinking to be done (after the wallpapering)	Brian teaches Cherish the 3 stages of Chinking - Step One - Squeezing out the Chinking	Step Two Smoothing out the Chinking	Step Three Smile and look pretty while making the chinking also look pretty
Hmm, but Cherish teaches Brian a whole new STYLE of Chinking...	Coming soon: Girls Gone Wild #32: Topless Chinking!	Brian's LEAST favorite corner finally gets finished	How do you really feel Brian?
The finished product where the wallpaper meets the logs	Another wallpaper wall gets chinked	The chinking tools get cleaned for perhaps the last time	Brian bids them a fond farewell...
Thanksgiving at the Cabin
Brian cleans the Turkey...eew....	Mom stuffing the bird...	Brian chops up the veggies	Mom slicing up some veggies
Brian dicing up the Turkey Livers	Brian & Dad prepare appetizers	The Thanksgiving Spread!	The Thanksgiving Spread!
Mom & Dan start dishing it out	Dan Carves the Turkey	The group relaxes before Breakfast	The Turkey kicks in and makes us all sleepy...
Mom sits down to enjoy a book...	Mom and Dan veg out on the couch	Cherish chills out with a book	Mom & Dad take a nap
Some Winter Shots of the Snow Falling
Our Little Oak Tree gets its first snow	My new FAVORITE photo!	A shot from down the hill	A different Angle
A shot of the Lake	Check out the reflection in this shot of the Lake	A Look UP at the cabin	Brian's self-portrait in the Winter Wonderland
The Phones and A Redneck Antenna
Kitchen Phone Thanks to my pal John for wiring them all up for me!	Check out the cute little nightstand and phone in the guest bedroom	Brian & Pat rig up a redneck antenna...	So that we can watch Thanksgiving Day Football!
Hanging Up Some Pictures
Master Bedroom	Loft	Loft	Loft

More Finishing Touches
The Guest Bedroom	Chairs in the Guest Bedroom	Some Papasan Chairs in the Loft
Brian & Pat install a cutting board in the drawer in the kitchen	Pat drills a hinge for the sponge drawers at the sink	Brian tests out the new toilet...and there is NEVER ANY stinkin' Toilet Paper... (I get no respect)
The Obligatory Gizmo Photos
Relaxing	Dancing	Posing
The Champagne Toast! We're Done!
Mom unwraps the champagne	Mom & Cherish TRY to open the bottle	Dad TRIES to open the stubborn bottle
Brian says "ah, this will be easy!"	Um, NOT so easy, huh Bri?	We FINALLY get the champagne open
Dan & Giz	Cheers!	Gizmo doesn't like Champagne...
Thank You all for Following Me on This Crazy Journey!