While Lenin coached Sophia’s St Ignatius basketball team at Saturday’s game,
I watched the boys on the sideline, except Sophia’s friend Delaney was there and she took care of Carson most of the time.
After the game, I drove Sophia to a baby shower that Thais and a friend were giving for a third friend.
Bread baking day
Today I went to Phyl’s to bake two kinds of bread. The first was a basic sandwich loaf.
The second was Foccacia. Phyl made the biga yesterday. Here she is doing fold-and-turn-eight-times which is done every 30 minutes 3 times.
Fresh rosemary on the top. I can’t begin to tell you how good this bread is and I won’t tell you how quickly I ate one of those loaves. It was the smaller one at least.
Grandma’s Cooking School: Almond Toffee
Basketball and gymnastics
Sophia is #23.
The gap
The day after Christmas, my cold really kicked in and I stayed in bed for about 6 days. I stayed in bed. Not thinking I was getting better I went to the doctor and got antibiotics for a sinus infection (presumably). And I slowly, very slowly started to feel better. Because there was NO picture taking and nothing going on, here’s a great picture sent by Thais in early January.
Christmas program
Behind the scenes before church started.
The service began.
My view:
After the program was done and the costumes had been returned and hung up, but before church was over, I went out the side door to go to Justin’s for our family Christmas get-together.
Family Christmas
at Justin’s.
It fits!
Sophia and Avery wondered how close they could get to the cows.
Not very close.
Rehearsal #2
Mary has a “balloon pregnancy” which will be popped and … there’s baby Jesus! 
St Ignatius Christmas program
Ready to go.
The family pew:
Thais, Lenin, Leah, Jeffery, Jeff
Thank you Thais for the 1st, 3rd, and 4th pictures.
Basketball practice
Point to the person you’re guarding:
