Another greyt day

Our youngest daughter Holly and her fiancé had Christmas dinner at their house. It was wonderful, we had a blast.


The ceremonial opening of the gifts. Holly is shooting her red garter off into space????


Megan demonstrating the obvious with her Route 66 shot glass.


Autzen wondering what happened to all of her usual presents.


Just your typical really good dogs. Emma loved her time with her cousin Autz.


Joey shocked me by demonstrating his carving skills.


Megan and Holly


Holly and Autzen. Don't know how exactly how I captured this shot.


Megan and the attack of the doggies.


Joey's mom Mary and his sister Amanda.


Many, many thanks Joey and Holly for a wonderful day. Loved the card, it was perfect. The Coke is right at home. But next time, please scratch off the lottery tickets until you get a big winner. We'll take that one. :o)))))

Love ya much, the moms.

Even on not so good days

You've got a friend!

11 days and counting.

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The second annual...

Celebration of the Winter Solstice in January

The weather was slightly less than cooperative on the longest day this year.

And it does seem to be a rather busy time of year, so we celebrated with the girls in January.

On foot, we traverse the streets in search of three restaurants, one for appetizers, one for the main course and what would a progressive lunch be without dessert.

Megan is the urban kid. She lives in a charming one bedroom victorian apartment downtown.

Holly lives in the burbs in a cute little house buried in a maze of suburban streets.

Of course, what is a celebration without gifts.

Holly only wanted a pink Dyson vacuum, who would think that one would actually appear in the month of October?

Autzen the grand labby was easy to please with toys.

Megan was all about cash

the grand iggies were more than happy to collect a cache of stuffies.

The unwrapping done, we gathered together

and hit the pavement.

Muu-Muu's was our first stop for the appetizer.

It received a thumbs up from all of us. The seared tuna with wasabi sauce was to die for.

We walked an extra block or two in search of the main course. Holly, her Blackberry and Google saved the day when they pointed us in the right direction

to Mio Sushi.

Hark! Do I see a sushi roll and chop sticks in Megan's hand?

Holly is still into the perfect vegetarian noodle.

Rave reviews for the best dessert in town lead us to Papa Haydn's.

Who woulda thunk a dessert menu could have so many wonderful choices.

Thanks girls, it was a really greyt day!

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This is Autzen, my little grand labby. She just celebrated her first birthday in October and is owned by my youngest daughter, Holly and her boyfriend Joey from Portland. Autzen must be between 4-5 months old in this picture.

Passionate fans of the University of Oregon Ducks, Autzen was named after the football stadium.