Ole John turned 75 and here he is admiring the stunning quilt from Angie, the original quilt squares were from John's mother, and Angie re-bound the quilt so he can now use it. It has seen the rounds of the local coffee houses, John is so proud of it and thinks it is the "nicest work he's ever seen" and I'd have to agree, it was so special. It has black and white photos on the material of John as a child and his mother.
At Jackson's birthday the kids had to make their own party hats - hmmmm, how do you make a cone out of paper? seriously - i couldn't - my rectangle green paper was too small - so we all looked like we had on unicorn horns rather than a party hat. I also played parse the parcel - a foreign game to the locals here who had like NO CLUE how to play. How do you explain to Bob (Paw Paw) NOT to take off more than one layer of paper at a time!! :) I may have used F$(*#& and Shit a few too many times in front of the children - I should hand out earmuffs when kids come to visit.
This is the best birthday ever! Jackson is thinking - that smile says it all - its the cat that ate the canary smile which we have grown to know so well.
This is my lounge room, post thanksgiving day sale shopping. Myrtle, Vicki and I braved 4:30 am crowds to snip up a bargin, or two.... or well lets just say we thought the economy was in such bad shape it was time to put our best effort into helping out America. At one point we almost had to leave Mrytle on the side of the road - it was her or the food - and we were HUNGRY!
Donna hosted an amazing thanksgiving - as you can see from her table setting that set the tone for a truley wonderful and civilsed feast.
blury yes... but you get the idea - Elmo live rocks on in our house! J is beside himself upon opening his birthday gift from Gina and the Hughes family! Thanks guys!
Ole John turned 75 and here he is admiring the stunning quilt from Angie, the original quilt squares were from John's mother, and Angie re-bound the quilt so he can now use it. It has seen the rounds of the local coffee houses, John is so proud of it and thinks it is the "nicest work he's ever seen" and I'd have to agree, it was so special. It has black and white photos on the material of John as a child and his mother.
At Jackson's birthday the kids had to make their own party hats - hmmmm, how do you make a cone out of paper? seriously - i couldn't - my rectangle green paper was too small - so we all looked like we had on unicorn horns rather than a party hat. I also played parse the parcel - a foreign game to the locals here who had like NO CLUE how to play. How do you explain to Bob (Paw Paw) NOT to take off more than one layer of paper at a time!! :) I may have used F$(*#& and Shit a few too many times in front of the children - I should hand out earmuffs when kids come to visit.
This is the best birthday ever! Jackson is thinking - that smile says it all - its the cat that ate the canary smile which we have grown to know so well.
This is my lounge room, post thanksgiving day sale shopping. Myrtle, Vicki and I braved 4:30 am crowds to snip up a bargin, or two.... or well lets just say we thought the economy was in such bad shape it was time to put our best effort into helping out America. At one point we almost had to leave Mrytle on the side of the road - it was her or the food - and we were HUNGRY!
Donna hosted an amazing thanksgiving - as you can see from her table setting that set the tone for a truley wonderful and civilsed feast.
blury yes... but you get the idea - Elmo live rocks on in our house! J is beside himself upon opening his birthday gift from Gina and the Hughes family! Thanks guys!
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You guys surely made your contribution to the economy!
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