We’ve been enjoying some of our favorite recipes from long ago. Phil made a delicious chicken-rice casserole. Yesterday, I made a prosciutto-provolone stuffed focaccia to go with her chicken vegetable supper soup. Today we made appetizers for our traditional movies and champagne New Year’s Eve. Charcuterie board, sausage in crescent rolls, bacon-wrapped pineapple, and salmon mousse cups:

We also watched the recently-released movie Don’t Look Up.

I should have arrived yesterday but my flight was one of the 1000 flights canceled on Monday. I was rebooked for this morning and got to Butte around noon. Dave and Phyl picked me up.

It’s cold! 9 degrees or -12 celsius. It will be all indoor activities for me.

We all got together at Justin’s.

Ade was there too!

At the Kral’s, Jeff and Leah. Leah is Lenin’s sister. All the Del Castillo’s were there. LOTS of cousins!

We all got together at Thais and Lenin’s. One turkey was in the deep fryer and Lenin smoked a second one:

Leah and Holly (Lenin’s sisters), Lauren and Sophia:

The grandmas with all the grandchildren: Leo, Jeffery, Harper, Avery, me, Rita (Carson behind), Sophia, Brook Lynn, Lauren.

No school this week. A great time for Grandma to help out. Actually Sophia helped me out me rearranging the towels in the laundry room:

We checked a newly opened nearby park

and played Cover Your Assets.

Too much fun!

Friday evening, Carson. He reacts to the whistle a bit faster than his teammates and goes on the attack.

On the sidelines, Thais, Leo, Sophia, and Avery:

On Saturday afternoon, I got to see Avery play. I’ve had too many Saturday obligations lately and haven’t been able to see him play.

SAC is what I put on my calendar when I get to watch Sophia Avery and Carson when Mom and Dad want to go somewhere – something I encourage of course. This evening Carson wanted to play this game. We read the directions and played by the rules. Carson was so focused, you could see him thinking, we played for 1.5 hours.

Time for rougher play:

The venue at Scott’s Seafood was great.

The reception was held in the nearby big tent.

Jerry, Justin, and Jennifer:

What a great wedding and reception. So much fun. Congratulations Karen and Greg.

On Tuesday, I did a solo bike ride to try a revised Wide Open Walls ride. I started at 4th & G Sts in W Sacramento where I’ll meet a group from Washington Commons Co-housing for a downtown ride in a couple of weeks.

I refined the route and took some pictures of some nearby murals from previous years:

Wednesday was Better on Bikes meeting 3 online.

On Friday morning I went into the Jibe office to edit the next Better on Bikes presentation. Editing on their computers has had better results than editing on my computer (Apple) and sending to Jibe’s computer (PC). In the late afternoon, I went to Carson’s soccer game. He told his mom he planned to make six goals.