December 2021

December included the Timpview Christmas concert, a new dishwasher, La Casita with brothers and their wives, new counter tops, Sunday dinner with Colton and Millie when the Youngs arrived, Group Christmas party at the Millers, and of course, Christmas itself. More new counters in the bathroom, and tile in the kitchen and bath. Lots of young cousins in and out, games, puzzles and New Years Eve. 

Alums join in the Hallelujah Chorus

Singing siblings

New dishwasher

#39 with verde sauce

Back to La Casita with Rod and Vic

New counters and sink in the kitchen

Ready for new backsplash

Sunday dinner with the Soelbergs

The Youngs, just arrived from AZ

Group Christmas gathering

The bonding bib reappeared

Dickie carved the Christmas Eve roast

Dinner

Joined by the Taylor-Woodburys

Harry approved

Grammy reading Pearl Buck

Christmas morning

Grandmother's diamond reset as a pendant

Harry loved his platypus jammies

Christmas afternoon with the Ensigns and los Ruiz

They came back to finish up our countertops

La Casita takeaway

Vernal puzzle in honor of the Colver cousins

Installation of backsplashes in the kitchen and bathroom

Someone was in the way

Piles of cousins

New Years Eve snacks

Gaming with the cousins

Sparklers

To Welcome in 2022

Thanks to Maren for some of her photos. New Years and the annual Greek Dinner follow in the January post. This is all for now.

OXO

D.

End of October, and November 2021

When we returned from Paris the month was almost gone, but the last bit of October included Cousins' Breakfast, Kris's birthday, and Halloween. In November we headed to Vernal to watch the kids; there were no sitters available because it was prom or some such thing. We made the final payment on our mortgage in November, and we started family dinners again for the first time since COVID became serious. We began our kitchen redo and spent a productive day in SLC choosing quartz and tile. Camille was married to Adam Clegg and the family gathered at the Startup Building. The Colvers were in town for Thanksgiving with Daniel's family and we had them, Ollie, and Tucker for an Indian nosh on Thanksgiving Eve. Emily hosted Thanksgiving at her home, and boom, November was done.

This almost made it worth it to come home from Paris

This is always a happy event

Happy birthday to Kris

Halloween Eve sunset

She absolutely knows what she is doing

A spot of blackcurrant tea for these two

Daniel making his famous creamy eggs

Yes, they are delicious

Arthur wanted nothing to do with this farewell shot

Final mortgage payment: 8 November 2021

Chelsea Gibbs shared this 1970s photo from her grandma's collection:

Anna and me when I had hair

Family dinner featuring sticky-toffee pudding to celebrate

Guy Fawkes Day

Terrazzo-like quartz

Small subway-like tile for the backsplash to be stacked

rather than brick bond

Socially-distanced dining at Shake Shake on our SLC 

quartz/tile-shopping day

Camille trying to keep it together at her ring ceremony

Carolina Taylors

Don't worry about second or once-removed; they are all just cousins

Camille and Adam

Jayson, Madi, Erick. Ann, and Kris at the reception

Lunch at Asa Ramen with the Colvers on the 

day before Thanksgiving

Evy is very fond of her cousin Tucker and helping

Grammy make stuffing

Joined by Ollie and Tucker for a Bombay-House feast

Yet another nice sunset on Thanksgiving Eve

A delicious Thanksgiving dinner!

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat... So of course there will be more, even though this is all for now.

OXO

D.