December 2018

December 29, 2018.

We have icicles on our Icicles on our Icicle lights.  Long, pretty ones.

And it is really cold.  But it's sunny!  Not warm, but sunny.

Katie and Casey and family drove from Aurora, Colorado on Wednesday, spent time in Salt Lake with family (Gail, Nick, Uncle Robert's family, Aunt Donna's family) and some good friends (Mike and Ali). Then they drove to Cedar City, but didn't get Casey's brother's home in Cedar until 11:00 pm. There were some very snowy and slick roads along the way. We are grateful they made it safe and sound.

I had to work on Friday, but made it only a half day of work.  That way, we could visit with them in the afternoon.  They came around 12:30 and stayed till 8:30 p.m.  Miscellaneous photos to follow.

One of the games the kids played was cute. Quintin would grab Winnie the Pooh off the front of the plane and make one running loop through the kitchen with it, much to Hailey's dismay.  Then Quintin would had it over to Hailey. She'd replace it on the front of the plane.  And then Quintin would do it again!  And Again. Silly kids.

And after a dinner with just me, Mike and the four kids (who were bribed with Brownies if they would eat dinner), Quintin was so tired.  He just curled up on the kitchen chair and fell sound asleep -- below, he'd been moved to the living room couch.  So comfy, so relaxed.

Katie played for us for a bit.

Mike, Corbin, Katie.

Hailey, trying to decide just what toys to play with.

Poor Casey left home in Aurora with a nasty head cold beginning, and it continued to get worse as the days wore on.  They were here on Friday, so I think it's about the peak, or close to it. All we could do was give him cold meds and let him rest.

I didn't take pictures of kids opening gifts (there were few), but twins got books and this is such a cute picture of Mike reading a dinosaur book to Quintin.

Friday morning, at the Library.  It was a very snowy day.  All day on Friday.  Snowy and cold.  We only got about 5 inches of very dry snow. And then Saturday--Sunshine!!

Katie and family have Rossman activities to do on Saturday and since Sunday seems to be the best weather travel day, they will probably leave on Sunday. And since we have 9 am church, they will probably not be attending with us.

It's been a fun holiday season with lots of family visits.

Today is Saturday, and I'm loafing and enjoying an audio book.