Mamu's house

I went to Mamu's house tonight and watched the second half of the game and had some of her yummy burgoo. She is sporting her wildcat shirt and cheering them on. Close one cats! I took some pictures of her tree too. She only put up her small one this year but it really looks pretty. The snowglobe is at my house and I took one of it in darker light and one with the lights on. I thought it caught the light pretty. I wish I had a better camera and lens to adjust the light and speed.

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Here is the singing cowboy from the old texas town!

lazy day

Christmas over and Gabe left to go home so I am being lazy...sitting by the fire and taking pictures. Keep getting fuzzy ones but wanted to capture the lights and reflection. The bubble ornament is one of my favorites. Thanks Shanon, it has given me many years of pleasure!

Lu's 50th Birthday party

We had a surprise party for Luann's 50th birthday in Richmond at Tim and Gayle's house. She had no idea that we were doing it and thought she was just going to visit with them for Christmas and did not know that a bunch of us would be there as well. Here are a few pictures. I kept laying down the camera and forgot to take pictures.

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Christmas Night

Here are some more pictures of our Christmas get together. The pictures of Kenzi in the high chair are neat because that was my old high chair that had been at Grandma's house and I sat in it, Alan sat in it, Stuart sat in it, all of the grandkids including Ashley (Kenzi's mom)and now Kenzi is sitting in it.

christmas

We all got together for christmas except for Roger who had duty at the firestation and Grandaddy who was home sick. We missed you Grandaddy! Here are some pictures from Christmas Eve when we opened as a family. Vincent and Travis fixed Seafood Gumbo and Jambalaya. Yummy! My diamond prongs had gotten very loose and were unsafe to wear for fear of losing them. I had tucked my ring away so I could decide whether to get new prongs or a whole new setting. I had a big unexpected surprise. Roger and Susan got together and snuck my ring out of my jewelery box. If you ever need a jewel thief Susan is your girl. Talk about slick! Then they ordered a brand new setting for my diamonds. It is gorgeous. Good thing I did not try to put it on or look for it before Christmas eve. I may have called 911. We also got Travis an amplifier and a mic. We had fun sending him on a treasure hunt for it.

Update on morning wind

The noise I heard this morning was a strip of our roof shingles that ripped off and slammed into the neighbors house and tore a hole in their siding! We already have found out that we had roof damage in the summer hail storm and are scheduled to get our roof replaced. Sounds like it is a good thing. Gabe got in today and we have been hanging out baking things, making blankets and watching season 1 and 2 of Arrested Development. Crazy show! Hope everyone has a great Christmas!

Snow after 60+ degrees!

What a change a day will make. I was out shopping yesterday and the day before and did not need a coat. Today I woke up to strange sounds on the roof and thought Santa was on a practice run! Looked out on the deck and the grill was gone. Wow did someonw really need a grill that bad to come in and steal one in the middle of the night (or morning since I was up until 2:30 am or so)? On closer examination I realized that the wind was so strong it had blown the grill out of the usual corner over into the table and it was not visible from the blind that was open. Right after that the snow begin to fall a bit. Tried to take some pictures for you Texas crew. Baxter won't let me take his picture much. The flash scares him and reminds him of lightening I think. He didn't tell me that but I am supposing!Jazz does not seem to mind.

christmas music

Check out the site link to the group Over The Rhine. On their record player you can listen to their new christmas album. Very good. Not your usual fare where christmas music is concerned but oh so excellent... Check it out.

Sunday dinner and posing

Since Gabe is in town we met again for dinner. Thought it might be a good time to get a Christmas picture for my cards this year. Not many times when we are all together in the same place at the same time. Dad took these pics. Some people were not happy because they did not get a chance to dress for the pictures, but I like us to look natural. That we did. Love to all!