It has been a long two months. Lots has happened and nothing has changed. haha.
Yea, I'm back. November was a pretty good month. I got my mammogram over with, Jordy got her wisdom teeth pulled, The greatest thing happening is we have a new president who I believe is really going to improve this country!!!! Congrats to Donald Trump! I thought it was strange how some took the news. Riots and protests and the awful name calling and words said. I thought it would be better once the election was over but it didn't stop. Hopefully one day. That's all I am going to say on that..
We had some real sad news in November with the loss of our cousin in law Marcey Brazeau who passed away. It was such a huge loss. I only wish I had spent more time with her. You can never go back. She was a special lady who was married to cousin Dave, had two beautiful daughters Karen and Renee, and two gorgeous grand daughters! She was blessed to have so much. And she sure loved her family! I know they will be grieving for a long time.
Also lost a friend, Gordy Wallinger. He was a nice person. We attended the same church with him and his wife. We also had a Bible Study group with them and became good friends with them. He will be missed.
We had a nice Thanksgiving. Well, two nice Thanksgivings! The first one was the Saturday before the real one. There was me and Papa, Kevon, Karla, Madi and Dylan, Manda and Lauren, Tara, Brad, Jordy and Riley, and Jessica and Alyssa. We had a great dinner and then sat around playing games while the guys watched the football game.
On Thanksgiving day Amanda brought the whole dinner over! It was so fun with her, Andrew, Lauren and Kevon. We enjoyed the day!
My grandson, Patrick, and his football team went undefeated and to the Tacoma Dome for the play offs! How exciting! They didn't get farther than the dome but they did awesome for a small town! His little brothers were water boys.
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| LAUREN |
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| RILEY |
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| MADI |
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| JORDY |
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| TARA AND KARLA WITH THEIR AUNT LIBBY (MY SIS) |
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| LAUREN AND HER MAMA AMANDA |
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| MADI AND HER MAMA KARLA |
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| JORDY AND HER MAMA TARA (Didn't get one of Tara and Riley) |
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| L-R BACK: RILEY, AMANDA, LAUREN, MADI, KARLA FRONT: JORDY, TARA, LIBBY AND ME |
It snowed on December 9th and stuck.... didn't last long but I love snow and it looked beautiful! I want more!
Manda and Lauren went through the Santa search book one night. We had three books but are now down to two. Every year the books go in our bathroom. I think we've had them since the early 90's. lol
Had a big day on the 12th. Andrew came over for Lauren's last soccer game and her winter Band Concert. It was awesome that he came. Madi came with us and even Dylan decided to come with us! I think Lauren was surprised by everyone.
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| Papa, Andrew and Dylan at COLD soccer game. |
Got new tires for the van too. That wasn't cheap.
We went and saw Riley's Christmas Concert too. It was such a good concert!
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| Riley in her new glasses |
We went to a dinner at the casino in Suquamish, It was for Kevon's work. The parents of the owners (Kevon and Jay) were invited to a prime rib dinner that was so good! We went and so did Dave and Cheryll (kevon's dad), Kathy and Rick (Jay's mom), and Tim Cleveland (Jay's dad). We had a real good time Here is the group picture with us hiding in the background. Karla, Joel, Amanda and Aaron are in the picture too. Joel and Amanda both work for Kevon. This is Kevon's group with spouses. Not all were there. They all respect Kevon and he really appreciates his crew. It is nice to hear people tell me how great Kev is. Proud of him and Manda is his amazing right arm!
Madi and Lauren stayed at our house while we went to dinner. They rearranged a lot of my Christmas decorations and thought they were so funny. They kind of were. lol! They were watching Bob Ross so now they have a new addiction.
We had an awesome Family Christmas!
I wrote on facebook:
It was a wonderful family Christmas yesterday. It snowed most of the day and it was wonderful! It took forever to cook the prime rib. It was 18 lbs and we never cooked one before. All the food was great! Played games, opened gifts and had so much fun! Then we had the slumber party and pizza. 10 kids for that but only 5 spent the night which is about all we can fit anymore. lol! We played family feud, the Sibling Game, and Gingerbread house building contest. Lots of laughs and fun.
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| WAKE UP ANDREW!!!! |
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| KEVON USING PARKER'S VISION THINGY AND FREAKING OUT! |
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| HEATHER AND LAUREN |
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| TRIPLETS RILEY, LAUREN AND MADI |
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| EVERYONE HAS A CELL PHONE |
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| BROTHER AND SISTER TEAMS BUILDING HOUSE |
On the real Christmas Day I sat with my coffee and watched A Christmas Story and It's a Wonderful Life.
McCamus is over. (family joke). It was a wonderful Christmas dinner over at Amanda's with her, Andrew Black, Lauren and Kevon Ellis. She made Fillet Mignon, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Mac and Cheese, Asparagus, rolls, and a wonderful strawberry jello cake for dessert. The food was perfect, the company entertaining, more present time, listening to Beatles, watching football, and having a great time! Talked with family today. I hope you all were blessed as much as we were this holiday season. God is good. And I thank Him! Happy Birthday to Him and Merry Christmas and goodnight!
Spent a lunch with two friends I haven't spent time with in ages.... Cindy Beck and Joleen Aitchison. We had laughs and good food and then Darlene Ryan Stark walked up to say hello. It was awesome!
Well, that is it to the end of the year. Now I hope to write once in awhile! Hope you enjoyed! Go Hawks!
