Downhome Christmas • 12.26.09
lest lillis go more than a few days without being spoiled, we headed down to satsuma for christmas. she loves going to visit the parents, not just b/c we have easy access to the dollar general store right next to the house, but b/c she gets absolutely spoiled. she gets to eat great meals all day long, everyone is nice to her and she gets lots of presents. she loves it! it’s also a lot more peaceful than life in atlanta and she gets to just chill out. no place to go and nothing to do. and i like it when she smiles, so we’re all good.
mom was insistent that lillis needed a stocking. i am bummed i didn’t think to have them misspell her name on it
we went over to my grandparent’s trailer in mississippi (anyone reading this who has ever heard me describe my previous desire to be on the bachelor so that i could take the film crews here will remember it) so that the girls could shoot guns. jeremy and jessica and lillis and i all squeezed off a few rounds, mortally wouning a cardboard box, and iron spindle and an old refrigerator drawer. lillis liked this picture of her, b/c she says her face looks mean. she was firing my mom’s snub nose here, but was a crack shot with the .22 ruger and the .22 long rifle. the .357 on the other hand scared the bejeezus out of her, leading to her refusal to fire the 30 aught 6 and the 12 gauge. NOTE: if you’re reading this on facebook, you have to actually click onto my blog (or at www.charlesbreland.com) in order to be able to view the videos.
my father took a family photo for us in front of the trailer (if you want to see the full set of photos, including proof that they really did saw off the back and build on a master bedroom and a den click here).
on the way out, one of my dad’s cousins had made him promise that we would stop by and pick up some green onions and some turnip greens. the ladies found this surprisingly enjoyable. lillis absoutely loves uprooting things…..i honsetly don’t have any idea why
i snapped one shot of some hay bails before we headed out. oh, and there’s a road there that has a name you may recognize!
