Merry Christmas

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas. This is a picture of the best thing that happened to us this year, our little granddaughter, Macy.

December in Arizona

Well, I have decided that Arizona is not the place to spend any time in December for me to have the Christmas Spirit. It's great for my sister and her husband, but it just wasn't the same as the cold, snowy weather of Utah (of which we are having at this moment). After having surgery on my elbow on December 8th, I flew out the next day to Arizona to spend time with my sister and her husband in Tonapah (middle of the desert 100 miles from California). What a vacation. They took excellent care of me, what a pampered life I had (although I found eating with my left hand very difficult). Steve joined us on Wednesday and my other two sisters (one with her husband, the other with her daughter) joined us on Friday. What fun just visiting and playing games and having a little "sisters" Christmas party. I had so much fun, although I had to be icing my elbow all week and it did hurt pretty much the whole time. Steve and I flew home on Sunday. I'm now off of work until January 21 recovering. Steve and I are taking a 4-day cruise with some friends from Long Beach to Encinada my last week of recovery. Steve and I in front of cactus. Looks like summer, although it actually was chilly that morning.Front row: Sisters; Sheryl, Maureen, Karen, and Terri

Back Row: Husbands (on their wife's right hand side); Layne, Jeff, and Steve

Same as before but with my niece, Susan, on the left-hand side of her mother.
Steve helping Jeff with their roof.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year was so much fun! I had all my kids at my house this year and I loved it!Every thanksgiving we go bowling with the family and then we go to a movie that night. This is one of my favorite traditions.

Another real fun thing I did was at the last minute at like 11:30 pm. Bethany and I decided to go to Walmart at 1:30 am. We were looking through all the sales in the newspaper and Bethany really wanted a Cricut for Christmas and there was a killer deal for one at Walmart, so we couldn't pass it up. We were at Walmart from about 1:30am and got out at 5:25 am and then hit Shopko, Michaels and Khols. This is another tradition that me and my girls are totally going to do every year. We couldn't believe how much we saved. then off to bed at 7:30 am.

Here we are in the check out line, which we sat in for about 3 hours.