December Photos

Things remain hectic around here, and blogging has taken a back seat. So I decided to include some December highlights in this post. It's mostly pictures. 

One thing it lacks is photos of Christmas gifts I made this year. I was so busy trying to get them done in time (all but three got finished) that I sent them off with no pictures to record what I made. I did Christmas pillowcases this year. I swear I took pictures of them when I made them, but can't find the photos. Then I made little quilted bags for a few friends. No pictures of those either. Oh well. I'll try to be better about that.

Here is the last half of our month in photos:

December 16--Ray's birthday. Beth's is the 17th so we had a double celebration. Tri-tip, potato-cheese casserole (most people know this as funeral potatoes), and Caesar salad. Brownies for dessert.

Ray and Joanne Linford, Carolyn and Emily Urban, Bruce, Andrew, Rachel, Ray
Ray, Beth

The Birthday Boy and Birthday Girl: Ray and Beth

 December 18--Trish Derrick and I drove to Wendover to watch my grandchildren in a dance recital.Two plus hours of driving (each way) for about 10 minutes of dancing (total). It was worth it.

Elizabeth

Austin and Matthew. Their dance was choreographed to "The Nightmare Before Christmas"

 December 25--Christmas! The Hanks were here all day, and the Petersen's came in the afternoon. My parents joined us for dinner.

Elizabeth, Matthew, Austin

Elizabeth

Matthew

Austin

Joseph

Audrey

Beth with her Yankees purse. I wanted to keep it.

Andrew

Elizabeth and Rachel

Ray

Elizabeth, my mother, Rachel

Our Christmas pajama picture. The first totally happy one in years. Of course, Andrew isn't in the picture yet.

All the kids (except my Washington grands - oh, how we miss them!) and Beth. Mostly happy...