NEVER FEAR - 6 IS HERE!

AUBURN WINS 17 - 10

TIGERS MAKE IT 6 WINS IN A ROW OVER BAMA

WAR EAGLE !!!!!!!

Thanksgiving 2007

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving with their families and/or loved ones. This year was tough, since it was the first Thanksgiving without my dad with us, and with Steve in Egypt. However, I am blessed in so many ways, to have such a wonderful family. I am thankful for everything God has given me.


As you can see, we had lots of food. I did most of the cooking the day before with help from mom.














I was blessed to have my mom, my daughter (Tonia), son-in-law (Randy), and grandchildern (Katelynn, Kameron and Kaylor) at my house for Thanksgiving Dinner.




Mom and I after dinner relaxing .... She is so cute.



As I mentioned in my previous blog entry, I picked mom up the week before Thanksgiving. We has a wonderful week of shopping, eatting out a lot, watching our tv shows and visiting. Tonia had us over one night for dinner and we had a lot of fun visiting with her and watching dancing with the stars. I hated to take her home on Friday, it was so quiet here when I got home. I hope to get her back to Birmingham soon for another visit.



Love To All ... Donna & Steve

Steve left for Egypt on the 9th of November with his National Guard Unit. He will be there until the 30th of November. He sent me this picture of the Sphynx today. What a wonderful experience for him.

I went to Huntsville to pick mom up today and brought her down to Birmingham to stay with me for the week. I am taking off the week, so we will have nice mother/daughter time. We will get to cook Thanksgiving dinner together. Tonia and family will be joining us for Thanksgiving. Brion is going to spend this year in Enterprise with his dad. I have to share, we had him last year which was nice because daddy was still with us.

Kmaeron had his tonsils and adnoids taken out this past week and has been such a Big Boy. No complaints from him. Hopefully this will take care of his sleep apneia (sp).

Next week starts Iron bowl Week. The Biggest Rivary of the South. Auburn vs Alabama. The game is Auburn this year and as we all know Auburn has won the last 5 years. WDE!!!! All Bama Fans are hoping that Sabin will revieve them and bring out a win. As an Auburn Tiger Fan I am hoping for win number 6. I am taking mom home on Friday, since she is a Bama Fan and doesn't want to watch the game here with us Auburn Fans. I can't say that I blame her, cause none of us ... on either Auburn or Bama side are very nice to each other during that game. All bets are off then. Sorry .... WDE!!!!!!

Well, that is all the news for now ... until next time ... Love to all Donna & Steve

September 29th we celebrated my mom's 80th Birthday with my family at my cousin's (Heather) house in Atlanta, Georgia. We also combined this with a family reunion. It was wonderful to get together with everyone again, since we all live in different states. We haven't done this since our weekend on houseboats when Brion (my son) was 3, Tonia (my daughter) was 11 and Heather (my cousin) was 16. Look at them now with children of thier own. Thank you goes to Heather for planning this and letting us all invade her house. Her's and her husband's (Kenny) hospitality was amazing, entertainment for the kids and food was great ... I must say none of us went away hungry!!! As you can tell from the picutres below mom is as beautiful as ever and doesn't look a day over 60 (she has to still be older than me). We all had such a good time and mom has allot of family to love (take a look at how we fill the steps) and we all love her. We look forward to doing this again on her 90th birthday ... who knows by then she may have some great great grandkids Katelynn will be 22 then). Happy Birthday Mom and WE WISH YOU MANY MORE!!!! Oh, one after thought ... Auburn Beat Florida while we were there ... Thank you Heather and Kenny for putting up with my yelling and excitement ... I am a loud and excited AU Fan ... Love those Tigers ... War Eagle!!!!!!

Chattanooga Trip

Labor Day Weekend this year, we went to Chattanooga to visit our good friends Deb and Joe Joles. Steve's brother Jeff and his wife Heather also came up. We had a great time visiting, catching up on old times, getting to go out on their boat (both Saturday and Sunday), and watching Auburn play their 1st game of the season. Steve was the brave one (still a kid at heart) in our family and showed us that he can still ski. He also went tubeing with Deb & Joe's son Jarrad. Both Heather and Jeff also braved it and did some tubeing (check out the pic). See the nuclear towers behind them ... we all survived!!!! As for Donna, I was the chicken ... didn't want to find out if I was too old to still get up on ski's ... last time I tried sking (10 years ago) I could still get up on ski's ... I like to be able to say I can still ski ... HeeHee!!!! Anyway, we had a great time with our friends and they have a beautiful home. Thanks for the hospitality and we look forward to visiting again!!!

Make sure you go to the bottom and read all of the news. I added pictures afterwards and they were put on top!!! Hee Hee still learning how to use.

BTW ... I forgot to mention that we went on a Canoe Trip with friends and family on June 23rd & 24th. We had a great time!!!! Floated down the river (Steve paddled, Donna was Donnahonis sun bathing) Sat., then stopped on a beach that evening, put up tents and cooked out. So much fun around the camp fire. Next morning we got up, ate breakfast (Carrie made beakfast burritos and pancakes), broke down camp, loaded the canoes and floated down the river. After unloading the canoes, we showered and went to Wings for dinner. Steve and I stayed the night a Jeff & Heather's (too tired to drive back to b'ham), then got up at 5:00 am Monday morning to go back to B'ham and work. We were exhausted, but had so much fun. Can't wait till the next trip ... Will post pictures when I get some.

Too hot now, just trying to stay warm in the air condition house ... in the 100's in B'ham this week.

The picture on the top is Steve with his Uncle Stan & Aunt Mary in downtown Port Washington.

The one on the bottom is a self portrait (I held the camera up in front of us) of Steve and I when in Port Washington.

Our New Home

Ready for Auburn Football Party's. Getting the football fever ... not long before it starts this year!!!!

We are ready for guests now that we have the spare rooms ... Come and visit us anytime!!!!

Steve's Pub is downstairs (open anytime) with a 56" Plasma TV, Pool table and Bar.

War Eagle!!!

Hi Everyone ... My daughter introduced this site to me as a way to let everyone keep up with what is new in the Freese Household. Since we have so many friends and family out of town, I thought this might be fun. So, here we go ...

Hope you enjoy the picture of Steve and I ... it shows our true colors and as all of you know we bleed Orange and Blue.

To start off, I will try and catch you up to date.

Steve returned home mid December of last year from his deployment at Ft. Benning, Ga. It is nice to have him back again ... Now I have a man around the house to help out with all the yard work we have with a new house.

After Steve got back, we went to visit his dad and Marilyn in Williamsburg, VA. They took us to Washington DC (where Donna has always wanted to go) for a couple of days. We were able to see several of the sites ... Washington Monument, tomb of the Unknown Soilder, Vietnam Memorial, Lincoln Monument, WWII Memorial, Library of Commerence, National Archive, and many others. More to see next time we are up that way. We also were able to see Old Williamsburg and eat dinner where Washington stayed. This was fun since all were dressed in authentic dress and presented us with some history.

Steve has been settling back into his position as HR Manager at Saiia Construction since January. He has been very busy there again.

April 24th marked 1 year in our new home ... time passes by so fast. We have had quite a few trials and tribulations trying to get our punch list complete. However, our builder has come around for the most part and today we only have 3 minor issues left to fix. Believe you me, I found out what everyone meant when they said that building a house is not easy!!!! But, we have come a long way and both of us love the house. I have been busy decorating the inside and adding my touches to the yard (as Steve allows). Steve is the yard man and says he has his plans for it ... he has been busy clearing the hill that leads to the lake & our common area, and is in the process of building a waterfall.

May 2nd, I was involved in a RIF at Emageon. I had a month off, which was a nice summer break. Memorial Day weekend, Steve and I went to Panama City Beach, FL. We stayed at his mother's condo with Steve's brother Jeff and his wife Heather. We all had a great weekend of fun and sun. Everyone left on Monday, except me ... I got to spend an additional couple of days in the sun before going home to prepare to start my new position.

June 4th, I started with McKesson Automation as a Project Manager for IntelliSelf Supply. I will still be traveling Monday - Thursday (Steve gets to enjoy some occassional peace & quiet)when the project requires me onsite. The nice change is when I am not traveling, I have home office. It is nice to roll out of bed, grab a cup of coffee, walk across the house to my office and begin work. No more 280 traffic!!!! My first implementation will be in Mobile, AL. I must say it will be nice to be implementing a product in the South this winter ... since I have spent the last 2 winters in the North with snow!!!

As many of you know, I lost my father June 28th. He had been on chemo for cancer, a little over a year. He was a great man who left behind so many good memories for everyone that knew him. It has been hard on those of us left behind, but we do take comfort in knowing that he is home now, not suffering anymore and lives in our hearts forever.

July 19th, Steve and I met in Chicago (I was in Pittsburgh for training & he in Birmingham) Midway Airport, rented a car and drove to Port Washington, WI to visit Steve's relatives and attend Fish Day (July 22nd). On our way up, Steve took a drive down memory lane as he took me through what used to be Ft. Sheradon (now the Town of Ft. Sharadon). He got to see his old schools, house, neighborhood, etc. While in Port Washington, we were able to see Steve's Aunt Jan, cousins (Wendy, Holly & Tory) and thier families. We were also able to have breakfast and nice visit on the 22nd with Steve's Aunt Mary & Uncle Stan. We stayed with Margo & Hans at his Condo on the lake. Burr was it ever cold with that lake breeze on the forth floor balcony. Hans's son (Craig) and his wife (Ellen) were also staying there and we had a great time with them and Han's son (Tim) and his wife (Sheryl) when they came over.

Well, I guess that about brings us up to date ...