Thankful

I got busy after Halloween and made this quilt 

 

 



Then I headed off to Seattle a week earlier that usual to meet our newest Grandbaby. Juniper Ava

 

 

Isn't she Gorgeous!

It was so fun to meet her and spend some time helping.

 

 

We had a good time with  the other kids too.

 

An unusual snack

having fun

Somebody is about ready to start piano lessons.   She picked up the basics very quickly!

Electronics win though.

 Aren't they beautiful!

So beautiful!

 

 This was the only photo I took of Thanksgiving Dinner.  I was delighted with how my little pumpkins turned out!  Dinner was delicious and Jaela did the pie crusts herself with Pop pop supervising.
 Uncle Jeff and his son have a business making these wooden puzzles and crafts.  They are Wonderful and were thoroughly enjoyed.

 

 We got the Christmas decorations up and then we built a gingerbread house.

The artists were very successful

 Elena and Aaron invited us to experience this Thai shave ice cream dessert with them and Geneva and John.  It was delicious, different and so much fun!

 We loved our visit.  It was a real treat to meet darling Juniper and be able to help Geneva, but it was also nice to get home to our own bed. 

We were out shopping and found this curiosity. It's a topsy turvy world.

One delight this year is that we get Elena and Aaron and family here.  Aaron's work sent him to Scottsdale to work for three whole months.  We are delighted!

Mom didn't like that she had curlers in her hair but I just had to take this photo anyway.

 We even got to do a gingerbread house at their new apartment.

 Then we had Ben's 6th birthday

The birthday cup cake Eevee turned out well.

We had some sad news though.  My brother Steven died.  He had a heart attack while working on his boat up in Anacortes.  It was a shock to us all and was very hard for Samantha, Barb and Janet.  Rather than a traditional funeral, they had a party in his honor.  I was glad to be able to go and remember fun times with him.  Alicia and Todd were able to be there.

Hard for Mom too. 

 

 We will miss my little brother. We are grateful for his beautiful addition to our family.

We love you Samantha