Address

Ours is
8289 Vardon Ln Apt 202
Cordova, TN 38016

We need your too!!

addresses

I need Susan and David's new address in memphis... and Ben and Ashley's address... and Jon and Emilee's

Can you guys, or any1 else please post these so I can get our Christmas Card out to you?

Thanks

How cute is that?!

B, A & T- I LOVE the pictures! Makes me want to kiss those sweet little cheeks :).

Great news- Christine's on Sterling is officially OPEN! WHOOO-HOOOO! There was a press release in the paper on opening day & a Christmas Event in the park across the street on Saturday. Nice timing :). GO TEAM!

Sorry about the pipes N&B. Glad it's fixed.

Love, Leslie

Family Pictures

Having learned the joys (or lack thereof) of photographing babies when we got Ty's portraits done at 6 months, we thought we were prepared for our family photoshoot.

We were wrong.

The morning was freezing cold and Tyler was in such a bad mood I didn't think we'd get anything resembling a smile out of him.

But we couldn't be happier with our family pictures when the photographer posted 'em today.

Take a look at them here.

Christmas Wish Lists

Thought I better throw our's out there for anyone, just so you know these were extremely hard to come up with!!
Rocky-
Gift Cards *they don't have to be for a lot, he says every $5 helps* to--auto zone, JEGS high performance, Summit Racing, Lowe's, Wal-Mart, Game Masters, Farm and Home, and the local Hobby Shop
Clothes-Jeans 36x36 and long sleeve shirts XL-XXL *his shoulders/arms are very broad*
Tools-he just has screwdrivers listed??

Jess-
Cheap fun Jewelry, *sparkly is always good*
Lowe's gift card *even just $17 buys us a new roll of insulation!*
CDs-Jason Aldean and Rihanna
Wal-Mart gift card so I can buy make-up
Smell good stuff for the house
Picture Frame w/a photo included if you have a good one!
a weekend of help on the house (there is always much to be done, you can pick the project of your choice...LOL)
gift cards to McDs, Wendys, or Burger King

Hope everyone is having a good week or at least being grateful that 2008 is almost over!!

Before... & After...

Oh boy.... home ownership is a blast!

First, I would also like to say, Carolyn we are so happy to hear that everything turned out ok.

Now... onto our fun filled Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!

As you all know our home ownership began Monday... Bryan had gone prior to the closing to have the water changed into our name for our new address of 460 Holly Dr. Friday morning.. Dale doesn't have much time to paint today, but still decides to come over to work on the hallway. A drip falls and he goes to wet a papertowel to wipe it up. Low and behold there is no water? Why you ask? Well because the seller called and had it turned off. Hmmm Dale calls the city water and they have no record of Bryan's name. Bryan who tells me what's going on...which I can't d anything about. They find out that the clerk wrote down 406 Holly Dr. Problem solved, right? NO! They come back to turn the water on...there's a small leak that they noice, but being a city worker do they care? No not even in Quincy... after some time they get a call that the street is flooding. They return, turn the water off, and hang a nice pink notice on our door that there is a leak in the water main and we are to call our personal plumber to come fix it.

The story of our Friday begins....

11:00 am - text msg from Bryan "Great we have no water the city shut it off" (now mind you we're not supposed to be text msg'ing at work, but we all do anyways... and I can't leave my desk or anything...Love my job!) ..... find out the story - Bryan figures out that it was an error in house number
11:12 text - they are sending someone to turn it back on, Ok... crisis avoided no big issue there...............................

Friday, 3:00 pm, sitting at my desk at work about to go on break. I get a text msg, "Major problem the water main is leaking badly now they can't turn our water on until its fixed and its our pipe"
* tears....frantic text msg'ing to find out what's going on.....anger.....panic.... anxiety about cost*
3:14 pm "Does the home warraty cover pipes?"
*********** check, yes, but only interior from the water meter into the home
3:30 ** any updates?
3:32 "not yet calling plumber Grandpa suggested"
3:34 " it's stil leaking a little I think its the valve itself, but the city disagrees
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(pause) So as I'm at work and Bryan is trying to take in the whole situation... the Termite inspector happens to be in the neighborhood and shows up (yes we had the inspection done and the house has to be treated, there's some damage, but no active termites, total cost $900, $750 paid by seller at closing in form of check to inspector) he wanted to try and get the treatment done this weekend, but due to the cold weather won't be able to. All the while Bryan is trying all the plumbers in the phonebook with no luck. It's late on a Friday afternoon and they either don't have any openings until Tuesday or don't even know when the next opening is. *sigh* Well termite inspector saves the day and suggests a plumber he knows, who comes out right away and tells Bryan that he thinks it's a bushing. He's replaced multiple in the neighborhood. The builders that did the subdivision put in steel bushings but the pipes in the houses are copper, and apparently they expand and contract differently, which causes them to break.
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4:23 pm "have a plumber coming to look"
4:25 pm "he's the only one even willing to look at it right now"
4:27 pm "this is going to be expensive i'm sure" (I'm thinking to myself, YEA! it's probably going to be thousands. Thank goodness we didn't buy any furniture or a new tv like we had wanted)
4:32 pm "now i'm worried i have the wrong address with the other utilities
4:46 pm "He's going to do it tomorrow morning (thank God) he thinks its a bushing and can do it for around $650
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So there you have it.... stressful situation taken care of, not going to be in the thousands like we thought.... you'll just all get a Christmas card w/ a torn up front yard showing... and now you'll know why.

Yes I am a dork in my little formatting of my story, but I have to try to stay light hearted about it all. Oh to be a kid again and only have to wonder about what you'll get for Christmas and what to wear to school.... LoL

I will be posting after photos as I take them.... for the remodeling...

Have a great weekend!!!