Christmas!

What a wonderful Christmas this year. It was pretty quiet, by design, and we loved that! We decided to do the usual Christmas Eve celebration with my parents and basically forego everything else. It often seems like we are running to all corners of the valley, with a small amount of time at each stop and leaving us exhausted by the time it's all said and done. So this year, we made one stop and stayed at home for the rest. And let me just say, it was glorious!

Isn't AI fun?

A UFC glove signed by his favorite fighter...what?!!?!? That smile says it all.

Another AI creation - a Rockwell-inspired painting from a picture of Carter and Kendall. Definitely at the top of my list of favorite pictures of them.

 Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

It's Beginning...

The Christmas Elves have been quite busy these last couple of weeks!

Thanksgiving Break

Randy's girls flew in for Thanksgiving this year, so we had a busy week trying to make the most of their time here.  We had an early birthday celebration for Piper - she turns 18 on Dec 7th - so that everyone could get together to celebrate her.  Randy took all the girls thrifting for hours one day - what a brave soul!  They all survived and found some great treasures.  We also went to dinner and then to see Zootopia 2 down in BODO.  What a great movie!  Then the usual family dinners for Thanksgiving.  And to top it all off, Dana and the boys got a puppy!  He was definitely the star of the show - what a cutie!

The Best We Could Do

For people who complain every single time we do this about how long it takes (it's never more than 30 minutes), this is the best they gave me. 

Even when they do give me something good, I am having to remove middle fingers, etc. Here's the actual best we could do.