Post Christmas 2009

The week between Christmas and New Year's Day has been filled with fun adventures including visits from the cousins, a cousins sleepover, sewing lessons, photography sessions with Katy to take illustrations for the 4th edition of our text, hanging art photos, movies, puzzles, games, shopping, food, and visiting.

In addition to all that excitement, Katy sold her car. She actually had a very nice offer from an off-shore scammer who wanted to buy the car above the asking price without even seeing it. We looked up the scam on the internet and it was a perfect match. The actual sale was to a nice man who bought it for his daughter who attends Dixie College in St. George, so the Honda is going to live in a warmer clime. Tonight is New Year's Eve and the kids and their binkers have all gone to Provo's First Night celebration. Kris and I are home alone in a very quiet house.

Clara learning about static electricity in the Jump-o-lene

Grammy teaching Lucy to sew on her Christmas Bernina

One of several game sessions

Max, Tucker, and Anders taking Katy's hilarious oath that they
wouldn't jump on the inflated air mattresses

Katy reads them some Shel Silverstein before they watch
the video they made and a Disney DVD

Pancakes for breakfast at the sleepover

Harry and Old Charlie

The traditional pancake maker

They consumed dozens

Those who slept over with their genial hostess

Katy, Kris, and I saw this and loved it

Katy bids fond farewell to Chocolat

Phillip and family return from Hawaii tomorrow night and the Greek bash is planned for Saturday, so the fun hasn't quite ended.

That, however, is all for now.

OXO

D.