Let it snow, Let it snow

We woke up Saturday morning to this beautiful winter wonderland. Meredith and I had a great time playing in the snow.

Merry Christmas

Meredith and I love this time of year. All the lights are hung and decorations out. We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas.

Elliot Jason Guess

Let me introduce you to the newest member of the Family

Elliot Jason Guess

9 lbs and 21 in

Aunt Mer holding Elliot for the first time.

Dyer and Jaime became new parents at 7:12 p.m. on November 23, 2009



You couldn't slap that smile off of the face of Papa Bear and Nana!


Grammy, Big Daddy and UK(Uncle Kyle)

Pumpkin Glow

This is a wonderful time of year for the Horne Family. Meredith and I always start our fall off at the Great Pumpkin Patch in Hayden, Alabama. This is a special place for us as it is where Meredith and I got engaged. Great story behind that. So, we go every year and pick out 3 pumpkins. Mine always has to be the biggest one I can find, Meredith's always is round with a great stem, and of course Nemo fetches a pumpkin too! Another big tradition we have is that we have to watch all the Charlie Brown Specials, when they come on TV. Tonight was the The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Since Charlie Brown was on and Meredith made some Ooey Gooey Pumpkin Bars, what a perfect night to carve our pumpkins from the GPP. Meredith's is on the right and of course you can tell mine is on the left. I must confess, I do have a power tool to carve pumpkins. Once again everyone have a safe and frightful Halloween!

Halloween Spirit

I know it has been a long time since my last update but I love this time of year and will catch up soon. As you can see I was in the Halloween spirit and decided to cut a maze in my yard. Meredith thought I might have gone a little crazy, but hey its Halloween. I've already had some of the neighborhood kids try it out and had a great time with it. I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween.
Happy Halloween!!!!

Gone Fishing!

Today I decided to get a little adventurous. I put on my waders and went fishing in the bog in our backyard. Seriously its not the size that counts. I ended up catching 4 fish (3 bass and 1 blue gill). The one you see in the picture put up quite fight, but I was able to persevere and land this whopper of a fish! Good Times!

It's a zoo out there!

I just walked outside to our backyard and animals are everywhere. I actually decided to count them this time and I came up with a total: 25 geese with 12 little baby geeselings, One duck with 6 ducklings, 3 turtles, 2 rabbits, and 2 squirrels plus Nemo for a total of 52 animals in our backyard, and I didn't count probably 30 birds in our half acre lot. I guess the full moon is bringing all the animals out but the zoo is free so stop by anytime.

Beautiful Colorado

As most of you all know, Meredith and I love to travel and we are not scared to do the touristy things at all. Our trip to Colorado was wonderful. We mostly stayed in the Cherry Creek and LoDo districts in Denver which was great. The one thing I knew I had to do while in the the Rockies was to take a tour of the largest one sight brewery in the world (Coors). The tour was great, but the ending was the best - free samples. Then on Saturday, we decided to take a little road trip down to Colorado Springs where we toured ~ Pike's Peak, Garden of the Gods and all the little towns around that area. We even ate at a restaurant in Old Colorado Town in which the owner graduated from Auburn. Small World. On Sunday, we drove to Boulder and walked around the town. Then, we hiked around Eldorado Canyon Park, toured Red Rocks Amphitheather, and drove to the top of Lookout Mountain. The weather wasn't great but we still had a blast.

Red Rock Amphlitheater

Paintings from a Canvas and Cocktails class. Ok, whose is better?

Garden of the Gods

Coors Brewery Tour

Cog Railroad at Pike's Peak ~ Can you belived all the snow?

Work Hard and Play Harder

We are in Denver, Colorado! Meredith had to come to Denver for a work trip and we decided that I should tag along and make it a mini-vacation. The day started at 4 a.m. at the Huntsville international airport, so needless to say it has been a long but great day. Once we arrived in Denver, we met up with Brittney (who we have been meaning to visit for years) and went to a really unique Mongolian restaurant. (http://www.gomongo.com/).It was so good! Then we went to Brittney's studio where she teaches art classes and sells her own pottery line. You can check her out at http://www.canvasandcocktails.com/ and http://www.brittneycate.com/. And last but not least, we must mention our hotel. It is wonderful. It has a full kitchen and we even had spaghetti and local beverages at the managers dinner. Stay tuned for more on our Denver adventure.

My Nemesis

If you've ever heard me describe our house, I always tell you about my favorite feature of our house "The Bog". Ok it's a Federally Protected Wetland, but bog sound so much cooler. I love to look out and see all the wildlife from our screened in porch, but within these past 2 years I have acquired a little nemesis ~ Bucky the Beaver. He built a 35-40 ft long beaver dam directly behind our house which has started flooding my yard (the waterline is usually behind those trees!!). Yes, I was so excited about the novelty of having beavers in our backyard but when the flooding came the excitement faded. It's war! As you can see in the video, it is pouring rain and I am hard at work on the dam. After doing some research on the internet, I think I have found a way for Bucky and the Horne Family to live peacefully in Monrovia. I just have to construct a little system to keep the water flowing. Stay tuned..............