Grandkids' New Pix

I do know that everyone thinks they have the best-looking, smartest, nicest, most wonderful grandkids and we are no exception. Here are some new pictures of our grandchildren that we received as Christmas gifts. I just had to share them!
JJ is 8 years old and Hannah is 5.

January Celebrations

January is a month full of one celebration after another in our family.
Both my sisters have their wedding anniversaries this month. My nephew and brother-in-law both have birthdays this month, as did my mother. She would have been 85 on the 25th. All the celebrating takes place in California, so we rarely attend, but it does make for a busy time just trying to remember and acknowledge all these events.
So here goes....
Happy Anniversary Tara and Richard!
Happy Anniversary Ava and Steve!
Happy Birthday, Richard!
Happy Birthday, Derek!
Also a happy birthday to my childhood friend, Colleen.
And....Mom, we all still remember your birthday, too.
February won't bring much relief....we have two more birthdays then, too, but they can wait a while.

The New Year

The old year 2008 went out with record cold and snow and now the new year 2009 has greeted us with record rain and flooding. What happened to normal? Is this global warming, el nino, la nina or just an abnormal weather pattern? That is for greater minds than mine to determine.

At least part of our lives is back to normal. Mark returned to college on Sunday. Drew and his family returned to their home on the other side of the state a few days before that, so our homelife is back to its usual routine. As I get older, I find I like our usual mundane routine. We love having the 'kids' visit and miss them when they leave, but there is something comforting in our usual, uneventful, daily routine. So, now it if off to Starbuck's.......