Christmas Day. Brenda, Kristi, Lennore, Tracy:
Monday December 26. Tracy, Kristie, Brenda, Jim:
Wednesday December 28. Tony and Maria:
Thursday December 29.
Tuesday January 3. Maria found an opportunity to ride in between rain showers.
Friday January 6. Maria, Brenda and Rachel:
At Discovery Park (flooded) , Barbara, Cheryl, Kathy:
In between visiting, I finished three more Joe Pickett books, became obsessed with finishing the jigsaw puzzle Phyl had started,
baked delicious oatmeal rolls with Phyl, which rose quite nicely in front of the heater in the living room.
I made beef short ribs one night,
and, the day before I left, we went to lunch at
Thanks so much Dave and Phyl for another great New Year’s vacation. Love you both.
I flew home on Wednesday to an “atmospheric river” of a rain storm in Sacramento.
Yummy food last night. Orange glazed meatballs, bacon cheese pull-apart bread, and cranberry cream cheese dip (not pictured):
And we watched two movies: Crazy Rich Asians (thumbs up) and Glass Onion (thumbs down).
In the afternoon, we all went to Chris and Macee’s for a taco lunch. Chris II is the son of Phyl’s younger son (Chris I). Chris II and Macee, Greg and Karen, Phyl and Dave, (in the foreground) Murphy and Chris III:
Phyl’s older son, Greg, and wife Karen moved to Deer Lodge about a year ago. They live in town and have a beautifully decorated home, especially for the holidays.
Montana where it’s considerably colder than what I’m used to. It’s the one time per year that I get to wear my warmest outer wear.
I will be at Dave and Phyl’s in Deer Lodge until after the new year.
Looks like some place cold.
Justin and Jennifer, Thais and family came over for brunch on Christmas Day. I made Bear Claws:
Always a request from the grandkids is Justin’s home-grown sausage and bacon and Thais makes the best creamy scrambled eggs. Then there were more presents to open. A very good day all around.
at Leah and Jeff’s. Jeff make the best prime rib. The best.
I learned from Cameron, Lauren, and Sophia that this is the latest “look” for photos on TikTok:
Avery, Carson, Jeffery:
#1 on Carson’s list was a frog:
Sunday December 18. Jim and Maria:
Friday December 23. Maria and Tony:
Dani, Kathy, Stacey:
Christmas Eve. Lennore, Brenda, Jim:
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