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Saturday, December 27, 2014

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I hope everyone had a great Christmas - we sure did.  It is kind of hard not to have one I guess.  And we even had a white one.  On Christmas Eve we went to down to Gary and Margee's for their annual party and all their kids were there with their kids and grand kids.  It is quite a group. It is a fun time and the steal-a-gift is always the high point for many. 

Connie went skiing with Brenda and her son Riley on Christmas Day.  I can't ski this year because of my knee replacement, and it looks like Ike is going to have to get one also so he is not skiing.  Getting old has it's drawbacks.  I kind of got things ready for Christmas dinner while the ladies and Riley were up enjoying over 14 inches of new fluffy powder.  This might be a long few months until we go south if the skiing is so good!  When they called and said they were off the ski hill, Ike headed over to our place.  Brenda had him working on things for the dinner also.  We had a great dinner of lasagna and many other things.  Exchanged gifts and called it a day.

Doug and Rita's boys: Joel, Ben, and  Colton.

Some of the Stephens family.

Gary had a couple of his grandkids helping to hand out presents.

Teresa and her granddaughter Addy.

A little fun is always had with the kids.

On Christmas morning, Carl, Deb, and their kids dressed up as elves and went visiting!

Dell the cat had a great time playing with her toy bird.

Sunday, December 21, 2014

UPDATE 20 DEC 2014

Christmas is just a few days away.  Connie and I have spent a little time getting ready for this day.  Connie more than I.  She has spent quite a bit of time in the kitchen as well as the shop.  We don't have any snow on the ground here so are a little bummed about that.  A White Christmas is always our wish.  We did have a short snow storm last night with great big snow flakes but only lasted a few minutes.  More snow and cold weather is in the forecast, so maybe, just maybe the white Christmas will materialize.

Connie and the kids watching TV - no, really they are just watching me put wood in the fire.

Zeph has to share his bed.  Not sure he is all that keen on it, but better than sharing his food.

The snowflakes almost look like stars.