Independence Day

The hubs has always and will always have to work the 4th of July.  So I have always and will always go to the Indians' game with my dad's family.  

Fair food

+

Entertainment

(20% watching the game, 80% visiting with Aunt Vikki)

+ 

Fireworks

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Having to wait around forever for the fireworks to start

=

A pretty darn good holiday

&

A great first baseball game for the Kid

Love, J

Christmas in July

My plan was to keep posting old things here in an attempt to get "caught up," but it feels silly to post winter things in summer.  So here's the last catch-up post.  Consider the rest of it lost into the bottomless pit that is the "My Pictures" folder on our laptop.

Building a model boat/Christmas gift

River's Wish got some sheep.  This is Precious.

We spend a lot of our winter like this

Thanksgiving at Aunt Micky's

I cut off over a foot of my hair.  I still need to mail the braids to Locks of Love.  They're the creepiest, most serial killer-y thing I've ever stored in my desk.

Love, J

B's graduation

This was in the spring, but the photos are sweet and still worth sharing...

First, G had a little graduation of her own

 And then everyone rolled out of town and over to Bellingham for B's big day.

Love, J

Hubs enters his next decade

This guy turned 30.  We gathered; we ate; we sang.  At the end of the day, I don't think he felt TOO old.  Also, it's hard to take good photos inside of a bar.

Love, J

Christmas 2012

Christmas Eve:  Tamales con la familia de mi madre; Secret Santa; Christmas neckties.

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Christmas day night: In-laws; gingerbread houses; and the most successful re-gift in history.

I spy some beagle butts, hoping for a dropped steak Christmas miracle.

Thanks for the great find, Aunt Micky!  She's been christened "Lily" and is veeeery loved by her new little friend.

 

Love, J

Christmas photo dump

Day One:
~ Fancy dinner with grandparents and mi padre y madrastra.



Day Two:
~ Grandma made slippers & cake; the Aunts made tamales. Life was good.





Day Three:
~ Beth made the hubs the coolest sweatshirt EVER; G made all the sisters stuffed animals.
~ Step-dad got BIL Airsoft guns, which he and the hubs promptly took outside to shoot at each other.
~ Beth used Step-Dad's stocking jump rope to demonstrate her mad criss-cross skillz.






Later on Day Three:
~ I lost interest in taking pictures as I grew too worn out and full to move around much, but we had another lovely celebration at the in-laws.
~ Hubs made a personalized coloring book for baby niece which turned out to be a big hit, and was nicely accompanied by some nubby crayons G and I melted for fun a few weeks ago.




Love, J