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Photo round up of December

Posted on 03. Jan, 2009 by Scott D.

Since I have come under fire for not updating the blog in a while, (I was on vacation, thank you!) I figured that I could do one big post that would cover the past month. Oh, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Anyway, as you may have known from past entries, we were visited by my in-laws for Thanksgiving, and then soon after, we drove to Fresno for a night, then flew up to Portland for a week. We were planning on heading to the beach once we got to Oregon, but a big snow storm kept us from going to far. We did get to do some good shopping, eating out, and the kids got to visit the Children’s Museum, so it wasn’t too hard to get around. We had a nice early Christmas in Portland with Grandma and Grandpa Donaldson, and Aunty Lee Ann, then we flew back down to Fresno for Christmas Part-2.

In Fresno, we celebrated Grandma Benita’s birthday, and relaxed in warmer weather. We had a HUGE feast for Christmas Eve, but Grandpa Morris (Chester) got called in for work (surgery) and missed a big part of the festivities. =( We had a great Christmas, followed by another big meal up in North Fork (north of Fresno) at Grandma Benita’s sisters’ house.

After playing with cousins, drinking wine, and trying to beat Grandma Benita at Scrabble, (she cheats, somehow) we loaded up at went home.

We had a nice picnic outside for lunch yesterday, and we were attacked by bees (right after we ate, thank goodness.) It’s nice to be home, but we miss family very much. Stay warm!

It's fun to watch them come up with words using only vowels.

Downtown Prescott lighting of the square.

Max and I checking out the light show.

Madison at the Children's Museum having a blast.

Grandpa D and Max

Max thinks he looks cool.

Madison made forts at the condo in Portland.

Madison takes a bath in the sink. I have a photo of this same bath from a year ago.. I will post it soon.

Max loved taking a bath, too.

We had an early Christmas in Portland.

Max got a monkey!

I think Madison gave a nice gift to Aunty Lee Ann.

Gifts!

Grandpa got a new tie and shirt from Madison and Max.

Bowling!

Extreme Closeup!

Madison firted with the firemen in Fresno.

Madison flirted with the firemen in Fresno.

Grandpa got called into work on x-mas eve!

The kids loved playing outside.

The Fresno Christmas Tree... oooh... pretty.

Snow up at North Fork

Grandpa relaxing with an apple.

Grandma cheats at Scrabble. She cheats, I say.

Grandma really cheats at Scrabble...... She cheats, I say!

The big words are Grandma's. She has some sort of dictionary built into her head. Giving her more wine never helped. (us, anyway.)

Max slept for most of the ride back home.

Our picknic outside before the big bee attack.

Our picnic outside before the big bee attack.

Max loved eating outside.

Shana cooked an awesome quiche. Great for hangovers!

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the birthday visit

Posted on 30. Nov, 2008 by Scott D.

Boy, do I need to do some catch-up! I have been battling a cold for the past week and it has slowed me down. But I must say that we had a great visit from my parents back in mid-November. They came to celebrate my and Max’s birthday and hit a few golf balls. I wound up sending dad home with over 100 golf balls that we had collected during the past month. We also played a few rounds of golf and took a visit to Jerome!