Pat sent me a photo today of the progress on the house. Aren't those stairways to the front door dramatic?

We've been enjoying our visit from Chris and Adam and decided to drive over to one of the nearby lakes today.

It was rather cool to be able to walk on water...

...but the cracks made me a little nervous even though there were lots of people walking and skiing on the lake. I stayed close to the shore.

That's wonderful news.  Congrats to Mom and Dad too.

Good for you Sarah I was hopeing that you would get in. Great job.

Just wanted to let everyone know Sarah got accepted into University of Maryland for the fall.

Ann

Happy Birthday Ann. I hope you have a wonderful day.

I posted these on my blog but thought I'd share them here too.

Chesty's watching for Chris.
Chris & Becky arrive and we break out the champagne.
My cookie platter (homemade from scratch - all of them!)
Our Christmas Eve picnic.
Looking at family photos after dinner.
A father/son moment.
We really missed Adam but he called us on his way home from work.

Boy that snow looks pretty but I'm so cold here I wouldn't want to be out in that snow, but I hope you enjoy it.

Mom

Thanks Adam

Love you too, Have a good Christmas don't work too hard

Grandmom

happy birthday to you Grandma 

Thank you Chris and Becky.

We've had some flurries this month but this is our first measurable snowfall and it's still coming down!

Happy Thanksgiving to you also Mary and Keith. and Debbie and Don.

We all had a nice time here.

Mom

We got home tonight from visiting the boys in GA. We won't be able to celebrate any of the holidays with Adam but it was nice to have this time with him and to see Chris and Becky.


I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Kara, Samantha, Jeremy and I wanted to send birthday hugs and kisses to Fiona!

Happy Birthday Fiona!! We love you and miss you!

You'd think it would be easy math for me since I just have to add 30 years to my age...I first had 78 and for some reason, changed it to 76 not 77.