Catching up

Well it is mid-January and I am just getting the Thanksgiving

And Christmas pictures posted ! I have some excuse my computer went to

computer heaven and it took me awhile to decide on what to get for a new one

But we are up and running now and I will try and do better.

We are having a very mild Winter in Spokane this year no snow on the ground

That is great for driving but I do kind of miss it

With that said Gary is preparing to have a second knee replacement in February

so I am sure he won't miss the snow. He will not be up shoveling this year.

All is going well in our new house, most projects are done :)

Well I did say most, we are getting ready to lay tile in Gary's bathroom

it had carpet in it and that won't work with a walker during his recovery.

After his surgery we will be on hold for awhile, Gary is glad I am sure.

Happy January

Christmas Dinner

Christmas dinner for Two

After all the busy days that lead up to Christmas

Gary and I spend Christmas day just the two of us

and if we get bored we head out to see what all the

Grand kids got on Christmas morning

Gary's favorite Prime Rib dinner

Christmas Eve 2009

Christmas Eve

Gary and I went to Lance and Leslie's

I didn't do a very good job with taking pictures :)

But this is a cute one of Grand kids

From left to right

Capri, Kim's oldest girl, Jamie, her oldest boy

Drew, Lance's oldest boy & Derek his next boy

Wow how do they get so old? I remember when there

parents were all this age

Christmas 2009

Merry Christmas 2009

Once again we all gathered at Garianne and Dewy's

We had a great Christmas nice and relaxing

This year was Amiee and Marks family's turn to do the

"Simple White Envelope"

This has become a family tradition that we all love

each year one family gets to take all the money we used to

spend on adult gifts and use it for helping others.

We all send the money to that family and on Christmas after

the kids get to open there Christmas gifts from Grandparents

we all get to hear how the "Simple White Envelope was used.

This year Amiee found the biggest need in a school she volunteers at

She and her family took all the remaining names off a sharing tree

and headed to the Mall. After the gifts were bought and distributed

they realized some other needs, a food drive was started and much needed

plumbing work was done for a family without running water.

Mark and Amiee and there children did a great job and we were all

so lucky to be able to make a small difference in someones Christmas

We are all so Blessed

Family playing a new game

The rest of our family playing games

Trisin, Lakai, Jarim, Mark, Amiee, Chelsi
Telling the store of the "Simple White Envelope"

Gary and Lakai

Steve, Becca, & Stryker
opening his first presents

Stryker and his Giraffe


Two Silly Elves
with dancing Hats

Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving 2009

We enjoyed a great dinner with most of Gary's family

Garianne and Dewy had everyone over and we all enjoyed

just being together

Ben and Gary After Turkey !!

The kids all playing in the Mud room on

the dog bed ??

That's kids having fun

Kristin cleaning up after dinner

We had a beautiful table all set with china and silver

Nancy brought it over and it looked so pretty

But I didn't think to take pictures until later

This is after the Turkey started to wear off

and everyone was waking up :)