Awaiting Tonya and Bob's Arrival!

Jim is on his way back to Canton with Tonya and Bob. It is snowing and sleeting here tonight, so I guess they brought the Fargo weather with them! Looking forward to our ringing in the new year with the Fargo Relatives!

Winter Flowers

I spent last Sunday in the yard clearing leaves. Most of the areas are done. During the day, I also discovered some blooming flowers. Winter camilla and a snowball bush. The snowball bush blooms all year. It will freeze and then leaf out and bloom as soon as it warms up a little. A picture.

Canton Fire

Here are some pictures of the fire that happened early Saturday morning. At least 4 businesses were destroyed. I am not sure they know the cause. I am not the "Jim" that took the photos.

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Jim Parenting - The Sequel

A photo of Jim "parenting" my grand nephew during our family holiday gathering. Pierce is 9 months old and is one of two twin boys. They were very premature but have grown very well. Jim is making a habit of tending to babies these days!

Merry Christmas!

My favorite holiday song. Enjoy.

Our Tree

We couldn’t compete with you guys so we let Mother Nature decorate one for us.

Bake Day

We had our annual bake day at Monna's house this past Monday. Here is a little video of the baking and yummy treats.

Merry Green Christmas Eve

“Ere long the most valuable of all arts will be the art of deriving a comfortable subsistence from the smallest area of soil. No community where every member possesses the art can ever be the victim of oppression in any of its forms.” —Abraham Lincoln

Randomness

I have been quiet for a couple days. Who knows why. We had Bill's family Christmas this past weekend. Is was quite the event. There were 10 or 11 who slept overnight Saturday. Well, it ended about 4 am so I guess they slept. Then there was a total of 20 for the brunch on Sunday. Overall, I think it was a warm and loving family gathering. A new generation has taken over. The ages were 7 months to 53. I have to say. I was the oldest. Ouch!

Anyway, here's the documentation of the last few days of my life.




The Grant family gathering.




Tatum and Piper's gifts from Bill and me. Random wrapping paper from around the office.



A greeting card holder that we need for the store. Where to find it?





Pathetic Publix sale table.

Holiday Greens

Cedar and White Roses

Our Tree

Our Tree

A couple of shots

Here are a few more pictures of our tree and holiday decorations. The realities of "real life" have forced us to opt for a fake tree. I supplement this by "helping" some neighbors trim their cedar trees.

I have posted a couple more pictures and look forward to seeing others from around the country.

Enjoy!

not our tree... but a holiday creation.

This has been an art project I have been working on for the past couple of months. The lighting in the picture is not the best, but you can get the idea of the scale. The wreath is made from magnolia leaves that I have gathered and then spray painted in metallic colors, copper, bronze, and silver. I then wired them each to a metal frame. I really like the way it turned out, but it was too time intensive to ever be repeated. I'll take a couple pictures of the tree and maybe get another shot of the wreath and post them later. Hope everyone is doing well.

I'll show you ours, if you show us yours...

Here's ours. I will post better pictures later.

Happy Holidays

We have had these garlands for years. They are one of my favorite holiday decorations.

It Can Always Be Spring

Paper Whites



Amaryllis



Tulips - just starting to poke through.

Jim "Parenting"

We had a great time with Uncle Jim this weekend. I think Jim was a little smitten with Piper. He loved holding on to her while she slept. Here is a photo of Jim "parenting" with Piper.

 

Thanks for coming to visit us!

Happy Holidays!

Today Fairgrove had a float in the Grover Beach Holiday Parade. The kids and families had so much decorating it and riding in the parade. I brought Henry with me. He was so calm and let all the kids pet him. They fed him so many treats that he probably won't need any food all week! A good time was had by all. Looks like we are going to have rain most of the week. Stay warm and dry wherever you are!

It Might be a Civil War - But its a Great Day to be an Oregonian

For the first time in the history of the competition the winner of tonights Civil War game (Oregon State University) vs (University of Oregon) is assured a spot in the Rose Bowl.

The game is captivating the state - and will be shown live nationally on ESPN.

Kickoff is scheduled for 6:01pm Pacific Time.

We will be watching with some friends and the boys - munching on Pizza and yelling GO DUCKS!

Santa is coming to town...oh wait...Jim is coming to town

Santa or Jim? Tatum gets confused as to who is coming to town. Should we leave cookies out for you Jim?

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Hello Winter

Well, it's not really winter as some of you experience it, but this does signal a change in the weather. I must really be ready for the year to be over as I have the date wrong. Crazy me.