Christmas

The traditional family photo in front of the stockings.

Arielle

Janelle and Taylor

Cole...ready for action.!!!!!

Loopin' Louie

Dad trying to contain his excitement.

The queen of everything taking pictures of a heated game of Loopin' Louie with her new camera.

Some Christmas Day Photos

Drew annoying Bret while he is "resting".

Dad getting into the fun. Giving Bret kisses with a day old unshaved face.
Bret really enjoying himself :)
Drew...on the other hand....is sporting Bret's new Corvette sweatshirt (Christmas gift from Grandpa and Grandma Reed)........while Bret is too busy being loved by dad to notice.

Dinner at Ciao Bella's

Mom and Dad went out for Christmas Dinner (thanks Grandma and Grandpa Reed) at Ciao Bella's in Traverse City.

This is how our "to go" package came wrapped :)
We had a wonderful time!

The photo is by Wade using an Expodisc to set some of the camera parameters. The disk determines the natural color via white balance or something like that.......Ask Wade if you want to know more...it is a great little tool he received from Ed Clark.

Christmas Cheer of a Different Sort

“Mom, everyone we know is getting cancer!” one of my children wailed on Thursday night. We had just received news that ANOTHER of our circle of friends and family
was diagnosed with cancer. That makes four loved ones....a reminder that none of us are “getting out of this” alive. Please make this the Christmas you choose to say: “God be merciful to me a sinner.”

jimshelleyreed@charter.net …to chat with me about it.

Wade was practicing what he learned from his two weeks with Ed Clark.

Arielle's Christmas portrait.

Wade's eye photo-shoot....etc.

Here you can clearly see where the nail scratched the retina.

This is where the nail hit the other side of the eye after it passed through his eye globe.

He is currently having problems getting the internal eye pressure down.

They put him on different medication for that.

Please pray that it works......we prefer not to have surgery to lower the pressure.

Great Grandpa Lester Reed on his 95th birthday.

Grandpa and Arielle
Grandpa giving rides

Bret and Drew at the Lake

The Crew with Great Grandpa Reed.

Grandma died last year....they were married 76 years!

For Wade......

The 16D Rapid-fire Nail Gun

New nail gun, made by Dewalt.It can drive a 16D nail through a 2 X 4 at 200 yards.

This makes construction a breeze, you can sit in your lawn chair and build a fence.

Just get the wife and kids to hold the fence boards in place while you sit back, relax with a

cold drink. When they have the board in the right place just fire away.With the hundred round

magazine, you can build the fence with a minimum of reloading. After a day of fence building

with the new Dewalt Rapid fire nail gun, the wife probably won't ask you to fix or build anything

else.

Christmas is coming maybe you should ask Santa for one.

Breaking News!!!!! Dad shaved for the first time in about 20 years.....

Arielle getting a lift from James up the climbing wall.

They have been extending the wall.....it is just short of 20 ft. tall now.


Nathan, Arielle, and James

Thanksgiving at the Arnold's House.

First things first, a family picture.

And I thought our table was big! Not to mention
there are two MORE leaves.

Would anyone like to take a guess at what Uncle Sam

is thinking? :)

Matthew and Bret playing "Shut the Box"

Patiently waiting for...

...dinner!

How these four managed to get this table, is

beyond me!

"The game of Mau starts now"
After we were Maued out, some one suggested
Cranium.

Dad and Mom talking to Uncle Craig and Aunt

Kim.

A BIG thanks to the Arnold's for hosting

Thanksgiving at their house. We had a blast!