AN EARLY CELEBRATION

FOR JENNY

SINCE HER BIRTHDAY FALLS ON FEBRUARY 29th,

AND ONLY COMES EVERY FOUR YEARS,

SHE'S LEARNED TO CELEBRATE IT

WHENEVER SHE GETS A CHANCE.

THIS IS LEAP YEAR SO I'M SURE

SHE'LL BE CELEBRATING

 RIGHT ON THROUGH THE 29th.

LAST NIGHTS CELEBRATION WAS WITH A TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO, AND DINNER AT GOTT'S.  DARYL WENT FAR AND WIDE IN THE FERRY BUILDING, WHICH WAS CLOSING AT HE TIME, TO FIND SOMETHING THAT RESEMBLED A BIRTHDAY CAKE.  THE BEST HE COULD DO WERE THESE TWO COOKIES, BUT THEY DID THE TRICK.  

THE YOUNGER SET WAS HAPPY
WITH HER CHOICE OF RESTAURANTS.

A WONDERFUL NIGHT FOR CELEBRATING
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
IT WAS BIANCA'S FIRST TIME THERE.

 HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY JENNY,

KEEP CELEBRATING ALL YEAR!!!

IF IN DROUGHT

DIG IT OUT!

THAT'S THE MOTTO 

FOR OUR FRONT LAWN, ANYWAY.

DARYL HAS SPENT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY PICKING, AND SHOVELING.

THE PICKING IS COMPLETE, SO JUST SHOVELING LEFT,

AND THEN WHAT???

ALL IDEAS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!

ONCE AGAIN, PRICELESS OLD PHOTOS

WHILE BETTY WAS HERE THIS WEEK, WE WENT THROUGH OLD PHOTOS AND CAME UP WITH THESE, AND MORE, OF OUR GREAT UNCLE EM'S TRIP TO EUROPE IN 1927. WHILE HE WAS ALIVE, HE OFTEN TOLD US ABOUT IT.  THE SUITCASE HE USED IS STILL IN THE FAMILY, SO WE TRIED TO CHOOSE SOME APPROPRIATE PHOTOS TO GO WITH IT.  THAT SAID, I BEG YOU TO WRITE ON THE BACK OF ALL YOUR PHOTOS, OR LABEL THOSE YOU HAVE ON YOUR COMPUTER.  THERE WERE MANY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHO THEY WERE, OR WHERE THEY WERE TAKEN.

THIS ONE ONLY HAD ONE WORD ON THE BACK,
"BAGGAGE"
THAT SEEMED APPROPRIATE TO GO WITH A SUITCASE.. 

WHILE HE WAS THERE, HE VISITED SWITZERLAND, AND THE FAMILY HOME OF HIS DAD, OUR GREAT GRANDFATHER.  

NOT SURE WHO THE MAN IN THE PICTURE IS.

THIS ONE MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY UNCLE EM., HE'S NOT IN THE PICTURE SO I CAN ONLY ASSUME THESE ARE HIS TRAVEL BUDDIES ON THIS TRAIN.  THE BACK OF THE PHOTO SAID,"ALL ABOARD FOR PARIS."

HERE HE IS, ON THE LEFT, WITH HIS AUNT FREDA AND AUNT BERTHA,WHO STILL LIVED IN SWITZERLAND.  

ARE THESE PHOTOS PRICELESS OR WHAT!

I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I'M THERE WITH HIM.

HELP!

I SEEM TO HAVE LOST MY TOUCH

AT PUZZLE DOING!!!

WITH FINDING ONLY A FEW PIECES A DAY,I'M HOPING TO BE DONE IN TIME TO ATTACK MY CHRISTMAS PUZZLE FOR THE HOLIDAYS.  GUESS THERE WON'T BE ANY LARGE DINNERS AT THIS HOUSE ANYTIME SOON, AT LEAST NOT ANY SERVED AT THE DINING ROOM TABLE.

BETTY'S COMING TO SPEND A FEW NIGHTS NEXT WEEK.  DON'T TELL HER, BUT I'M THINKING OF NOT LETTING HER GO TO BED TIL IT'S FINISHED :) :) :)

GOT STRESS???

YOU NEED ONE OF SOPHIA'S

HOMEMADE STRESS BALLS

SAM IS STUDYING STRESS MANAGEMENT IN HIS HEALTH CLASS, AND WAS SHOWN HOW TO MAKE THESE STRESS BALLS.  YOU KNOW SOPHIA, IF IT'S THE LEAST BIT CRAFTY, SHE'S ON IT.  AFTER SAM'S GAME LAST NIGHT, SHE MADE ONE FOR BOTH OF US GRANDMAS.  WE EVEN GOT TO PICK OUR FAVORITE COLOR, MAKING IT WORK ALL THE MORE.  IT'S JUST A GOOD SIZE BALLOON, FILLED WITH FLOUR.   I'M HOPING I WON'T HAVE TO USE IT DURING NEXT WEEKS GAME. 

THE PERFECT WEEKEND

FOR A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING

FOR THIS ADORABLE COUPLE!

FOR THE LOCATION, 

WE TRAVELED 

 UP THE SNOWY MOUNTAIN,

AND TRUDGED OUR WAY THROUGH THE SNOW,

TO A  POINT OVERLOOKING EMERALD BAY. 

I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT KURT, AND NICK ARE DOING,
BUT I THINK THEY WERE TAPPING DOWN THE SNOW
SO THE BRIDE WOULD NOT SINK IN TO HER ANKLES.

THE MOTHER OF THE BRIDE MAKES HER WAY DOWN THE NOT SO TYPICAL, BUT BREATHTAKING AISLE,

FOLLOWED BY THE MATRONS OF HONOR,
PATTI

AND BRITTNEY.

SINGLE FILE ONLY,
HERE COMES THE BRIDE,

FOLLOWED BY HER DAD

WHO GIVES AWAY HIS PRINCESS
TO HER PRINCE CHARMING.

KURT OFFICIATED AT THE WEDDING 

GIVING NICK

AND ABBEY HIS WORDS OF WISDOM,
AND BLESSING.

"I NICK TAKE YOU ABBEY"

AND NOW YOU MAY KISS YOUR BRIDE!

PRESENTING
MR. AND MRS. SOLANO

SISTERS 

ABBEY'S OLD ROOMMATES, AND FAMILY,CRAIG, PATTI, ROXANNE, OLIVIA, AND SYDNEY. ALSO IN THE PHOTO IS THE HARRIS HOUSEHOLDS NEW EXCHANGE
STUDENT, WHO IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE OVER ABBEY'S ROOM.

THERE ALWAYS HAS TO BE A LITTLE GROOMSMEN FUN.
IT LOOKS AS IF NICK IS PRAYING THAT THEY WON'T
DROP HIM IN THE SNOW.

THEY SERIOUSLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT!

A RECEPTION FOLLOWED
INSIDE, OUT OF THE SNOW.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS WASN'T THE PART OF BRITTNEY'S TOAST
THAT BROUGHT TEARS TO OUR EYES.

FROM THE LOOKS OF THE TWO YOUNG LADIES ON THE RIGHT,
THIS WAS THE PART.

AFTER DINNER 

IT WAS TIME FOR NOTHING BUNDT WEDDING CAKE.
YUMMY!

 NICK WAS KIND, AND GENTLE IN FEEDING ABBEY THE CAKE, BUT YOU CAN TELL BY THE BLUR CAUSED BY THE MOVEMENT IN THIS PICTURE,
SHE WAS NOT AS KIND OR GENTLE.

CONGRATULATIONS
NICK AND ABBEY!

AFTER BREAKFAST WAS CANCELLED THIS MORNING,
DARYL AND I HEADED FOR HOME ,
STOPPING AT FENTONS
 IN THE NUT TREE PLAZA,
FOR LUNCH.

WE HAD VISIONS OF HAVING ONE OF THEIR FAMOUS SUNDAES FOR DESSERT, BUT AFTER THIS SCRUMPTIOUS MEAL, JUST DIDN'T HAVE ROOM.

LET'S SEE, HOW DID OLIVIA PUT IT AS SHE WAS LICKING THE RIM OF HER SECOND LEMONDROP MOCKTAIL GLASS, 

  "WELL, IT'S VACATION ISN'T IT?"

I'M WITH YOU LIV!
CAN IT BE VACATION EVERY DAY? 

  

ANOTHER WEEK

ANOTHER BIT OF PUZZLE ACCOMPLISHED

JUST LOOK,
THE BOTTOM HALF IS GETTING CLOSE TO COMPLETE!

NOW IT'S TIME TO ATTACK THE TOP HALF,
WHICH IS MADE UP  OF MOSTLY
MOUNTAINS, AND TREES.
AND........
WHERE THE HECK ARE THOSE REMAINING SIDE PIECES?