Trip to Portland

Ron, Sue and Mom Tolman went for a quick trip to Portland to see Holly and be with them as they blessed the new arrival (Anna). While there they had fun going to the beach, taking Grandma to the hippy Saturday market, and seeing some of the sites. Ron had the 24 hour stomach bug first but being the sharing guy he is everyone else eventually got it but we worked around it. One of the things we saw was the tulip festival and the landscaping at that site. We were not on the ball and did not get many pictures of this site, but shown above are a couple. We did have a nice trip in spite of the challenges!

Sue has a birthday!

Sue was surprised when 4 of her 5 brothers and 3 of her kids showed up one week later than her birthday. Ron finally got a surprise on her. She received some nice gifts and just a few gag ones. This is barbecue sauce, not sauce of another kind.

She got a real kick out of the card picked out by Ashlee!

She is a true classic and likely the only classic (car or otherwise) that Ron will ever see. But she is such a classic that he could not want for more!

A Chef At Work

When Tanner and Ashlee visit they love to get lessons on cooking from the master. Their project this time was derby pies and chocolate chiffon pies. They are getting pretty good at it.

Christmas Party At Grandpa Jenkins'

Actually this was on Christmas eve and Kirk and Tara's kids had opened some gifts to each other. It was good to have them all here.

This was at Grandpa Jenkins' house and the kids had a great time seeing extended family and enjoying the season. Kyler likes his transformer!

Maggie is all girl and a doll was the perfect thing for her.

Grandpa carried on his tradition of keeping the chaos somewhat managed by clearing some of the mess in his garbage bags. The food was great and the company unequaled!

Part of the festivities with Grandpa wondering if he wants to do this again next year!

A visit from da birds

One day this November we looked out to see an amazing number of nigratory birds in our yard scavenging for anything they could find to eat.

They liked to buds on the cottonwood and the berries on the other trees. It was quite an interesting sight.