Icicles on New Years' Eve, 2019

Ella really loves snow
 I really love icicles. I thought these were really pretty. So did Damian and Ella and Braeden. Enough so that they walked over to the Seminary building to take pictures after we had lunch at Hermies together.

Damian and Tandy and Family are in Utah for about a week, enjoying the cold and snow. They will be snow skiing and snowboarding for a few days.
This evening we (almost) rang in the new year by eating lots of snacks and junk food, and playing some games.  But we said goodnight and sent them home at 11 pm. Hey, it was the new year in Texas, AND they have to get up early the filling day and hit the slopes.

Happy 2020, everyone. My phone was off charging most of the evening, so I didnt even take pictures. Their family had gone to the movies earlier, and we (Mike and I) ran over to have a quick little new year celebration with Mom And Dad. A little sparkling soda, some cheese ball with crackers, and some Chex Mix and it felt like new years. Kind of. :-)

Papers should have all been signed today at the closing on Mom and Dad's Georgia property. Whew. What an ordeal this has been! Also, Dad's VA  Aid and attendance benefits are now contingent on some other stuff I have to do.... find or become an approved fiduciary. Ugh. So many steps! But it will be well worth it in the end. I just thought it would a lot smoother than this.
Who are we kidding here? We are dealing with lawyers and government. Nothing is ever simple with them.

I will tell you that the funnest part of the evening was playing "Heads Up",  the iPhone app game. So funny!. We should have done the replays of some of those...like Damian describing a flying squirrel. Ha!

At work, the remodeling is going forward in our Circulation area. Progress.

At home, Mike and I do have grand plans to exercise together in the new year so we can survive Orlando this summer.

And Eric is doing a service project/big surprise for his friend Hannah. She was on vacation, and he is remodeling her apartment. New closet, paint and floors. I think he bit off more than he can chew.

Thanksgiving 2019, and beyond (Piano Guys, too!)

October 2019 at the Library and beyond

 I got a little crafty.  Well, not really. The Copy Shop person even cut out the die cuts for me. But I did the tags, filled the bags with some candy and Lori baked peanut butter cookies to go inside, too. Happy Halloween to my student workers in the library.

 Sometimes we find the most random things in our library stacks. This little ceramic (complete with the Deseret Industries .75 cents price tag) was found on the second floor in the literature section. Perhaps it was with Irish poets.  Previously, we'd found a puffin knick knack in the Journals and Magazines, shelved appropriately under "P".

 The back of Gail's denim quilt was the cutest flannel print of national parks!  It had Grand Canyon and Mt. Rushmore and some others I can't remember, but it was way cute.

 Robert and Janet came for a visit with Mom and Dad the weekend of October 25-27. We had a nice dinner out with R & J and Gail and Jonathan on Friday at the Pizza Factory.  Saturday Robert and Janet did some errands in St. George for Janet's parents at their place down there (turn off a/c, turn on heat AND pick pomegranates--which they generously shared with us! thanks!), then spent the afternoon and evening with Mom and Dad.  A new T V was purchased and set up, and many other l odds and ends.  And just some good visiting. It ended on Saturday with a trip to the Golden Corral. Too much good food.

 Jonathan, Gail and Mom. We need to get some stuff hung on their walls.

Robert and Janet attended church at Brookdale with Mom and Dad. Gail and Jonathan attended with just me in my ward since Mike was not feeling well. He had some vertigo for some strange reason. Mike enjoyed laying around all day, listening to his audio books. Rob and Janet had lunch at Brookdale, Gail and Jonny left right after our church and headed home. I went to visit with Mom and Dad and R&J before they left to go home around 3 pm Sunday.