It has been way too long since my last post and there is so much to say, but since that would take pages and pages to write, I will stick with the basic happenings in November/December.
We traveled to Washington State to visit the Downs family for Thanksgiving week. We had a blast! Craig, Brian's brother took our family pictures. The canoe you see above is some 15 years old. Brian carved it out of a tree in high school. He had the option of writing a report or doing a project. He opted for the project which took him at least twice as long as writing a report, but who knew we would all be needing fun family pictures this many years later. I love my catalyzer, dreamer husband.Charlie is the newest addition to our home. Brian found him in the backyard lost and sick. We decided we needed to adopt him. He loves to be cuddled and Julianne gets a gold star for taking great car of him.
Brian worked Christmas Eve, so John, Julie, Royce (my brother, bro-in-law, and sis-in-law), and the Downs Fam headed to the Fire Station for dessert. Kylen got to put on Brian's turnouts and the kids enjoyed sitting in the engine.
Julie and I on Christmas.
Every Christmas we act out the Christmas Story. Ashlyn is a heavenly host. Quite heavenly I think. Julianne is Mary. Charlie is Jesus. Kylen is the donkey. Oh...the fun of celebrating Jesus!
We so enjoyed some family time and lunch with Grandpa on Christmas Day.
The day after Christmas--The Paris gals took Mom to High Noon Tea in Clovis to celebrate her 60th birthday which was last February. What a special time!
My mind is completely blank at the moment, so I think I will just post this and share this part of our lives with you. I am off to hang clothes and go visit Grandpa with Ashlyn and Julianne and have an early dinner with him. We look forward to hearing from you all...the ones we love. What is going on in your lives?
