A couple more Christmas photos.

This is Angela and Martha and Eric. Eric graduated from high school with Martha. Angela, Eric's wife is Jolene's cousin. It's a small world.

David, Martha, and Eric's little girl, Claire. Lots of curls!

Martha and Zach.....

came to Seattle for Christmas. We all went to Mulkilteo for Christmas festivities. Jacquie and Paul created an incredible Italian dinner. There were about 16 of us and we had a wonderful time. Thanks J and P!

Does this mean you're winning?

Martha and Zach playing a game. Lots of other folks were there, playing as well, but I don't seem to have them in the picture.

Yum!

Paul and Zach preparing to dig in to the Antipasto platter.

Snow, lot's of it, in Providence Point

It's been snowing up here since about 5:30am and still going strong. This is 3 different views from our home, what you can't really see, is how hard it is actually snowing. It's pretty but treacherous, as the temperature is 28 degrees and everything that is coming down is freezing.

The tree is up! Hooray!

The Saturday morning guys at Pike Place

Every Saturday morning for a very long time, Dave has met with a group of men, who met each other at a health club they all belonged to. The club finally folded, but the men still meet for coffee at Pike Place every Saturday morning. Many of them have lived in Seattle all of their lives and have many stories to tell. Sitting and listening to them is a history lesson in itself. I've gone with Dave only twice, but both times were a lot of fun. Hopefully, they will be meeting for many more years to come. They are, from left to right, Louie, Tony, Dave, Bill and Ike. Great people!

Surprise!

We celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary on the 23rd of Nov. Our kids decided to surprise us with a dinner for us and many of our friends at a local restaurant. To say it was a surprise is an understatement. We had NO idea. It was truly a complete and total surprise! We are truly grateful for our 45 years, our children and our friends. Thanks to all.

Reading Ed's letter.

One of the people who could not get to our party was Dave's best man of 45 years ago. He wrote a very nice and amusing letter which Martha read to the group. It was truly a wonderful evening.

Pioneer Square Hotel

We spent Friday night at the Pioneer Square Hotel. We always wanted to do this. It is a hotel that was built in 1912 and had been totally renovated. It is on the National Record of Historic Places. Anyway, it was fun and this is us in front of the Christmas tree.

Gingerbread Houses

Every year the Sheraton Hotel in Seattle has a display of Gingerbread houses. Various companies and chefs get together and create these fun houses. It always has a theme and this year it was Superheros. One is better than the next and always fun to see. You give a donation and the proceeds go the Juvenile Diabetes research.

Martha and Zach

They came to celebrate Thanksgiving with us. It was nice to have all the kids here.

Thanksgiving call

This is Jolene's mom, Jacquie, making a happy Thanksgiving day call.

Thanksgiving Day

There were eleven of us for dinner. We had a great time and lots of food. Here are a few of the folks who where with us.