A clean start to a new year

2011 is here....please let it be better than 2010.

We were lucky enough to ring in the new year with our neighbors, the Klines.  We had a wonderful meal of tacos and fajitas and then a little card playing for the grown-ups and some X-Box playing for the boys.  It was a fabulous time and a great way to say goodbye to 2010 and welcome the new year.

Today, Pete pushed away his fears and climbed up on the roof to clean the chimney.  We had a chimney fire the day before Thanksgiving and have been quite fearful ever since.  My dad let us borrow his chimney sweeper and up Pete went (he is afraid of heights).  He had a couple of helpers....two boys that just wanted to climb up the ladder and a wife that was trying to act brave but was very nervous that he was going to get hurt.  Davis kept taking up the tools, since I seemed to have a problem with getting the right tool ;-).

The first ladder

That is him on the back of the chimney

Hunter is wondering what in the world is happening

Once he was done and needed to come down off the roof, Pete wasn't quite sure how to do it.  He said I might have to call the fire department to come get him down.  He finally maneuvered himself to the ladder (the roof is really much steeper than it appears).  I think the next time he does this he will borrow a different ladder so he doesn't have to get on the roof.  I wonder what the chances are that he will go up there and paint the trim that looks so bad???

VERY happy to be on the ground again!!

I am so happy it is done and that he didn't get hurt!!!  I know he was scared but he took care of his family.

**Can you believe how blue the sky is?  We just don't have that often here in Georgia....we usually  have a hazy blue sky.**