Christmas Eve at Don's

We were treated to a special dinner at Don's on their new
dining table set with special Chinese dishes. We decided that
Chinese food always tastes much better when on authentic
dishes! What a fun night- great dinner, fun company, piano
recitals, and excitement about presents. Don & Adrianne
were nice and let us break tradition by having them open
their presents from us. The kids admitted that they were
so excited that they didn't know how long it would take them
to go to sleep but it would quite a while!!!

Little House

From our house to Little House...
On The Prairie, that is. Carole & I enjoyed
a night at Grady Gammage to see the play
which starred Melissa Gilbert, the original
Laura, as Ma. It is fun to do things with
Carole & always fun to see a play.

Happy Birthday Don & Carole (or is that Pearl???)

Family in Phoenix/Mesa gathered on Monday to celebrate
Don & Carole's birthdays. Not the usual birthday dinner
(7 Layer Casserole) or dessert (brownies with ice cream).
And the total number of years was waaaaaaaaaay more
candles than we could afford :)

Can you feel the breeze?????

THANKSGIVING VISIT

THANKSGIVING VISIT from the Nays included lots of shopping
to Last Chance, H&M, Trader Joe's, Sprouts, IKEA, and oh yes,
did I mention H&M???

There was fun in the doll room...
















dressing up...

gathering in the tent...

having a "tea party" (herbal, of course)...

enjoying the goodies...

petting the Crockett dog...

cuddling with Carole...

taking a picnic & enjoying the train ride at McCormick Ranch...

having special guests arrive...
(can you guess who these beauties are???)

(answer- Sydney & Savannah)

bravely diving into the freezing pool on Thanksgiving Day...

and some not so excited for a "polar bear swim"...

taking a walk after turkey dinner with Aunt Carole...

and just plain enjoying family!!!