Birthdays, Birthdays

We had three birthdays right in a row, my sons in November, my daughter in law's P in Dec and my soon to be daughter in law's Em in January. Amazingly, we got pictures of at least two of the three.










Then in Feb we will have my others son's birthday and mine two days later. And then a huge dry spell until July.

I am watching these kids grow older, but so appreciative of the fact that they all live in this state, and we can celebrate together, as a family. I can envision many birthday parties with grandchildren in the future, and realize how important ones family can be. Despite some poor menu choices, I still love having these birthday parties. Thanks kids!

They're engaged!

Yes, finally my son and his wonderful girlfriend Emily are engaged. I only have a few pictures of them together, this one was taken last summer at our favorite sushi restaurant. They suit each other very well and are very much in love, and we are all so happy. Now is the wedding planning.....and we are very lucky to have my daughter in law to help with that.

Back to the real world

Thought I would take a picture of the Christmas tree just before I had to take it down. Several ornaments are no longer on it, compliments of Clare, the wonder dog. The lower portion of the tree has been pretty unadorned from the beginning, as a precaution, but she still managed to grab some of the higher ones.

We loved having all the kids here, they all spent the night xmas eve, then we opened gifts over breakfast xmas morning.