Pennsylvania - Grandma's 75th Birthday

We just returned Monday, Jan. 16th from Pennsylvania. We flew there for my grandmother's 75th birthday. It was a suprise that all 12 of her kids would be there (although my father ended up stuck on the runway and didn't make it). She knew we were coming for a visit but not that there was a party. Her children planned family pictures, a party at the church, a slideshow and a scrapbook putting together most of her pictures. It was a lovely weekend. Ryan met all 11 of my dad's siblings. We had wonderful weather, no snow and no flight delays. The kids did wonderful on the plane. We really enjoyed ourselves. I will post pictures of all these wonderful events as soon as I get them back from Costco (well hopefully soon after - loading the pictures takes a long time).

Josh got married

Josh got married Friday, December 30th in Tucson, AZ. He married Megan Snyder of Tucson. My cousins Jess and Matt and their spouses were in town. We went down to Tucson on Thurs. and stayed two nights in a hotel to join in the celebration. Some friends of mine down there Jen and Marcus (whose wedding I will be in in March) watched Laurelle during the wedding and reception. Noah attended and it was a beautiful outdoor ceremony. It was at La Mariposa and the grounds and reception room were quite lovely. They had a candy table that you could scoop your own candy into bags - it was yummy! I have to say the whole thing was fun and we were sad to have to leave to go pick up Laurelle and get her to bed.

Christmas 2005

Well we celebrating Baby Jesus birth with much family. Becky and Bob joined us Christmas morning to open presents. Noah slept through the present opening but Laurelle enjoyed it. We had to tell her what was in the package to get her interested in opening the presents. After the first two she would rather have stopped and played with those presents for a while. She actually didn't open her stocking until the day after Christmas. It was a nice slow day. We didn't eat until 6 pm because Dave and Nancy and Grandma and Grandpa Goodman's plane arrived at 4:30 pm. They joined us for dinner along with Josh. Dave and Nancy and Josh stayed the night - Dave and Nancy actually stayed two. We enjoyed their company tremendously.

Christmas Eve - we did the usual... ate soups and appetizers at Mom's house after attending Christmas Eve church service at Faith. Carol and her grandkids joined us.

SEMA

Ryan had to go to Las Vegas for the SEMA show so his mom and the kids and I went up to Grandma Estes' house. We went up on Thurs. and Ryan joined us after the show on Friday. He golfed at his favorite golf course there - Wolf Creek. His grandma and I went to some garage sales (didn't buy anything). We had a very nice relaxing time. His grandmother is making some beautiful handmade Barbie doll clothes for the grandkids (including Laurelle). WOW - they are spectacular.

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at my parents house. We potlucked it. Deb and the kids were there along with Andrew, Christina, Christina's parents and siblings, my crew, mom, dad, Carol (a friend I used to work with) and her two grandchildren Brittney and Nathan, Ryan's mom and Bob. I think that is all - sorry if I left someone out. We played games, put together puzzles and of course played pool. It was one of our better Thanksgivings.