New Years Eve

Entertaining Tillie

New Years Eve Dinner-The Cornfield Cafe

2011 Christmas memories

Thank you so much for being together at the Holidays

Baking..count down to Christmas

Yeaaaah!!  Kristin called this morning and they will be coming Wednesday, they plan to leave Idaho today.
Preview of  baking, we'll have more to do this afternoon.

December sunset, fire, and lake

                                                      Stirring the fire

December 11th-42 degrees out

It was somewhat spring like today, the sun was bright and warm, we have no snow, and the lake is a beautiful blue color

The ice is at least 8 inches thick, and fish houses are starting to appear on the ice.

Turning 20

Tonight I met Will and Jason for Jason's birthday supper. His 2 favorite places are the Pizza Ranch or Subway. Pizza Ranch didn't have a buffet tonight, and Jason had a concert he needed to be at within an hour....so we went to Subway. He thought it was just fine.  Happy 20th Birthday Jason

Skates

I am not sure if... 20  or so years ago I thought ahead to 2011 as the year I would sort through our worldly possessions. But since I hadn't done this yearly, or even every few years the major task waited until this year.

We saved and boxed enough stuff for years to come and what we saved for the 'kids' is safely tucked away in the 'attic' above the stable. I was glad to bring the skates to the lake just in case one of the girls would want to skate this Christmas.

We have skates in all sizes, but I'm not sure if any of them will fit anyone....it's fun to think about skating behind the house, the pond, and occasionally on the river. These were happy skates for several years and they now have a place in the new attic...sorry-I just couldn't get rid of them