CHRISTMAS NOTES
CARTWRIGHT
Christmas Eve at Dad's was a big party as usual, with a houseful of family. Marilyn, Issy, Mavis, Ron, Luke, Will, Trista, Shawn, Tracy, Julie, Dennis, and others, were there (I didn't necessarily get the full list!). Sounded like lots of fun going on in the background while I was talking to Mavis and Dad. Ham and chocolate cake were on the menu, as well as an abundance of other items, as you can imagine.
There was only about six inches of snow on the ground, so travel wasn't difficult--as contrasted to Bismarck (29"), Bremerton(12"), Pullman & Spokane(46"!), and other locations with which we have been in touch of late. We are glad to be in Tucson, although it got down to 27 degrees here last night, and froze a bunch of our plants. Skiing is good 25 miles away at the top of Mt. Lemon (9200 feet elevation)where 2' of snow has fallen.
BISMARCK
None of Lila's family made it to Dad's. However, they had parties of their own, at Tracy and Karen's on Christmas Eve, and at Don and Cindy's on Christmas Day. Lila had received our photo album and was very pleased to see all the family pictures. We have had very positive feedback about that work of "art" from quite a few people. Lila was having trouble with her dialysis connector and was scheduled for surgery on it the day after Christmas. Otherwise, she was feeling pretty good. I don't think it is a secret that Jenny is pregnant!
HELENA
Mat and Maureen went to two parties at the homes of friends on Christmas Eve, and had prime rib as the main menu item on Christas Day at their house, where Mat's mother, Melva, was among the guests. They had about 6" of snow and very cold weather.
YELLOW SPRINGS
Dione, Saul, and Mollie went to a Christmas Eve service, and spent Christmas Day at home relaxing, watching movies, and viewing our photo album. Dione discovered that I had not correctly labeled a photo of Mollie and Whitney. We'll fix that. Dione also noted that a photo of me as a tiny guy sitting on Dad's lap looked a lot like Mollie when she was small!
Maureen had been visiting them a week earlier for a weekend, with much fun had by all! Mollie is working on her book, a draft copy of which was e-mailed to us. It is really interesting and well done. Can't wait to see later versions! Mollie is in a school play and will be very busy for the next few weeks with practices and performance.
We talked to Mollie on her 12th birthday (Christmas Eve), and learned that she thinks her school is "awesome". She had a birthday party with her friends at school a few days earlier. She is taking pre-algebra, as well as Mandarin Chinese and French, among other courses. She really likes her teachers.
TUCSON
Our Christmas Eve took us to two local restaurants right in the neighborhood, followed by phone calls to Cartwright and Yellow Springs. Very pleasant and delightful! Christmas Day was at home, mostly making phone calls with all of our five kids and their families. Wonderful! We got the first copy of our memoirs book on Christmas Eve, and have enjoyed looking it over. Today we ordered more copies to send around to all the family in a couple of weeks.
Cheers,
Bill and Marie
Christmas Eve at Dad's was a big party as usual, with a houseful of family. Marilyn, Issy, Mavis, Ron, Luke, Will, Trista, Shawn, Tracy, Julie, Dennis, and others, were there (I didn't necessarily get the full list!). Sounded like lots of fun going on in the background while I was talking to Mavis and Dad. Ham and chocolate cake were on the menu, as well as an abundance of other items, as you can imagine.
There was only about six inches of snow on the ground, so travel wasn't difficult--as contrasted to Bismarck (29"), Bremerton(12"), Pullman & Spokane(46"!), and other locations with which we have been in touch of late. We are glad to be in Tucson, although it got down to 27 degrees here last night, and froze a bunch of our plants. Skiing is good 25 miles away at the top of Mt. Lemon (9200 feet elevation)where 2' of snow has fallen.
BISMARCK
None of Lila's family made it to Dad's. However, they had parties of their own, at Tracy and Karen's on Christmas Eve, and at Don and Cindy's on Christmas Day. Lila had received our photo album and was very pleased to see all the family pictures. We have had very positive feedback about that work of "art" from quite a few people. Lila was having trouble with her dialysis connector and was scheduled for surgery on it the day after Christmas. Otherwise, she was feeling pretty good. I don't think it is a secret that Jenny is pregnant!
HELENA
Mat and Maureen went to two parties at the homes of friends on Christmas Eve, and had prime rib as the main menu item on Christas Day at their house, where Mat's mother, Melva, was among the guests. They had about 6" of snow and very cold weather.
YELLOW SPRINGS
Dione, Saul, and Mollie went to a Christmas Eve service, and spent Christmas Day at home relaxing, watching movies, and viewing our photo album. Dione discovered that I had not correctly labeled a photo of Mollie and Whitney. We'll fix that. Dione also noted that a photo of me as a tiny guy sitting on Dad's lap looked a lot like Mollie when she was small!
Maureen had been visiting them a week earlier for a weekend, with much fun had by all! Mollie is working on her book, a draft copy of which was e-mailed to us. It is really interesting and well done. Can't wait to see later versions! Mollie is in a school play and will be very busy for the next few weeks with practices and performance.
We talked to Mollie on her 12th birthday (Christmas Eve), and learned that she thinks her school is "awesome". She had a birthday party with her friends at school a few days earlier. She is taking pre-algebra, as well as Mandarin Chinese and French, among other courses. She really likes her teachers.
TUCSON
Our Christmas Eve took us to two local restaurants right in the neighborhood, followed by phone calls to Cartwright and Yellow Springs. Very pleasant and delightful! Christmas Day was at home, mostly making phone calls with all of our five kids and their families. Wonderful! We got the first copy of our memoirs book on Christmas Eve, and have enjoyed looking it over. Today we ordered more copies to send around to all the family in a couple of weeks.
Cheers,
Bill and Marie
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