Winding down

The last 10 days have been fun, busy, full of laughs and sugar!  Becca, Austin, and Lily left yesterday to drive back to Utah.  They had a much quicker trip this time than the one coming out.  The day they drove here, Donner Pass received 5 feet of new snow and it was slow going.

Tonight we dropped Laura off at the airport to catch a red-eye back to New York.  David leaves Friday evening to return to the U of U.  It is always a little sad when Christmas is over, the tree comes down, the decorations get packed away, and the festivities have ended.  But I have to say that 2012 was a really good year and we are looking forward to new activities and goals for 2013.

I wasn't that great at taking pictures this Christmas-- I was busy cooking, baking, and entertaining and sort of forgot.  But here are a few pictures of the good times we had:

This is the traditional picture of Laura, Krissy, and Becca on Christmas Eve.  We always have to take this one and Krissy always has to be in the middle.

DIL Jess and her mother, Ladda, made delicious Thai appetizer wontons for us on Christmas Eve.

I got a new lens for Christmas and since we didn't have any little kids to take pictures of, I decided to test it out on Lily while she played in the backyard.  She was a cooperative subject.

Yesterday, while we were still in our good clothes, I made the adults take part in a little photo shoot:

 David

 Mark

 Laura

 I made Laura let me take MORE pictures of her today!  Soon I won't have anyone here to practice on!