Dec. 24th....2008...Dad fell

I know it's 2009, but I've been down with at least one cold if not one on top of another since Dec. 19th. Everyone has been asking about the blog...so I'll try and catch up today...

My Dad fell on the ice at 7 a.m. on the 24th. Broke 6 ribs on the back left side of his body. He was in the hosp. for a week...and of course , I couldn't go to see him.:( I am going up to visit today for the fist time...it's Jan. 2nd.

Peek A BOO

Playing peek in the mirror is so much fun. Some are asking for more pictures...so here they are!

Views from our window - STORMS!!!

The storms are coming every other day....SO BEAUTIFUL... Love that we don't have to go ANYWHERE IF we don't want to.:) It's sleeting as I'm writing this....

The SIZE of Jeans!!!

I was hanging up the clothes and thought this was so cute... There's Keith's (Papa's) jeans and little John's jeans - how things come around...I remember hanging jeans for the boys not too long ago..Ha. Yes, John's jeans look pretty long...he's about 28 1/2 inches long.

Annual Dinner with Friends- Dec.9th 2008

Harry, Karen, Tom, Loraine, Keith and I decided several years ago to get tog. around Christmas and have a dinner tog. It's so much fun to get tog. and look forward to the "travels" in our RV's for the next year. Keith made turkey steak, "his" wonderful brussel sprouts, and garlic noodles. Karen brought warm rolls.mmm Loraine made a DARK choc. cake with DARK choc. icing....my favorite!!!

We're so blessed to have GREAT FRIENDS!!!

Our Thanksgiving FEAST !

Clancy, Mindy and Sam.... I'm so lucky to have such a great sister and her family come to dinner.

From left.Stu, Holly, Clancy J., Clancy, Mindy, and Samantha...what a great family!

O.K...everyone is asking why I'm not in any photos...well, someone has to take the pictures..Ha.

Mom at the island and Stuart over at the "meats and gravy" area..:)

Here's my Uncle David and Keith enjoying their meal.

Took this photo from the livingroom looking into the diningroom...We brought the picnic table inside - that worked out great since there were only 11 of us this time.

He's going to kill me when he sees that I posted his kitchen in this condition...he's so very particular about how it looks - but hey, when you're cookin - it gets messy! How Keith got this kitchen....well, after 5 years of catering in the up-stairs kitchen, it was destroyed.. We found this Vulcan Stove and work table and I got a new kitchen up-stairs:) It was a snap to make Christmas Cookies (when we did lots of them) .I could hardly keep up mixing the batches since the ovens hold 2 full sheet trays with 3 dozen cookies on each tray. I'd be up-stairs mixing and the boys would be running up and down putting them in the ovens.. It was quite an operation!

This is Keith's baby - the VULCAN - 10 burners - 2 ovens... He does some major cookin' and baking in his kitchen!...

starting at the top : Potato Filling, candied sweet pot., bread stuffing, apple betty, lima beans, string beans, corn and beets. there just isn't enough room on your plate!

This is the area between my stove top and sink...Mom's turkey in gravy, in the crock pot and her ham on the right...and the "famous" Turkey fried by Keith!. mmmmm

This is the island (4 ft X 5 ft.) before the meal...it's always covered with food...every part of the kitchen is used for food and drinks...

Oh Baby It's COLD OUTSIDE!!!!

Well everybody....TODAY I"M 5 MONTHS OLD.....and I never had to wear all this stuff before.....I can't move...so I'll just sit here real still until someboby takes me out of this...

I'm not used to this COLD....! AND...I never saw that "WHITE STUFF" that keeps falling before either..it sure is pretty tho.