Sunday, December 21, 2008

CHRISTMAS TREATS







The front door photo of a wreath, and the Christmas plant, are part of the Christmas decor at our house in Tucson. The puppies photo is from Julie and Dennis. It is not hard to understand why they got attached to all of them, and had trouble seeing all of them go to other people, except the second one from the left. Julie says he has a particularly good temperament and is "very mellow and sweet!" Julie also says they are looking forward to the Christmas Eve gathering at Dad's, who posed in a big chair for Julie in the last photo--with that same wonderful good-natured personality that all of us continue to appreciate and enjoy, on Christmas and otherwise!

WEATHER

It is 70 degrees and sunny today in Tucson, so we are particularly pained to hear of all the cold and snow that is affecting almost everybody we know all over the country. When I talked to Mavis a few days ago it was minus 15 degrees--the day that Marilyn and Issy flew in from Yuma to Billings (they drove to Sidney). Mavis said that the snow was only 5 inches deep at Cartwright, but was 14 inches at Williston, and friends of ours in Spokane had 17 inches that fell nearly all at once.

Mavis and Ron are planning to bring Dad with them to Arizona in mid-January, arriving here around January 12th to stay with us for a few days. Fantastic! We really look forward to a great visit with all of them. Mavis and Ron (and Lana) are planning a trip to Hawaii at the end of January for two weeks. Sounds like they will spend a good part of the winter in warmer climates!

MO AND MAT

Maureen spent a week in Washington, and en route back stopped three days with Dione, Saul, and Mollie in Yellow Springs. They had a grand time, going to see the "Nutcracker" Ballet, among other things. Maureen really enjoyed the "new" house that the Greenbergs now occupy. Maureen and Mat are coming here for a meeting in Scottsdale (Mat is attending a national meeting for hospital governing board members, since he is now on the board at Helena's hospital, as well as Chairman of the hospital foundation), and will spend some time with us during the week they are in Arizona--much to our pleasure.

ALBUMS

We sent copies of our FABULOUS JOURNEY album to Dad and Lila (as well as our five kids), hoping that the other members of the family can see it at Dad's or Lila's.
The idea was to send it along with copies of the memoirs. However, our publisher goofed up royally, and has not yet sent us any copies of the book--even though it is supposedly off the press and available to order. We also sent copies of our Holiday Greeting letter to everyone whose address we had. If you didn't get one and would like to see it, let us know.

Mavis is also working on an album of the family for Dad. We'll be interested in seeing that when it gets done!

Happy Holidays

Bill and Marie

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