Christmas Traditions

What better way to celebrate our Christmas Traditions than to have SNOW! This fell on the 17th. You can see Spencer's snowman close to the house just to the right of the front window. Ben did a great job setting up the Christmas lights this year and even found a use for the satellite dish that the previous owners installed but that we haven't used. (Remember, you can click on a picture for a larger view.)


Vicki's family always spent Christmas Eve at Temple Square looking at the lights and then they would head to Grandma's house for soup, potato chips and egg nog with Sprite.

This year we didn't have Temple Square so we just had to do the best we could looking at lights.




Here we are on a little detour through France.


Remember when Vedel pulled faces during the pictures? I love Spencer's solution!


And for our Grand finale, The Hallelujah Chorus.



TTFN
-Ron

Merry Christmas

Good News / Bad News

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We've got some good news and some bad news.

The good news is that Green Valley High School Marching Band is going to march and play in the Presidential Inaugural Parade on 20 January 2009.

The bad news is Barack Obama will be the president.

The good news is that Ben is in the band.

The bad news is the band has to raise $120,000 to cover costs.

The good news is that the band has 120 student to split the cost between.

The bad news is that Ben needs to raise another $750.

The good news Ben can go on street corners and play his french horn. (This is Las Vegas)

The bad news is that Ben really doesn't like to play his french horn.

The good new is we will find a way and let him be a part of history.

Make sure you watch your Televisions on January 20th. Ben plays the mellowphone in the marching band. It looks sort of like a trumpet with encephalitis. (The bell on the horn is really big but the rest of the tubing is not.)

TTFN
-Ron

Game Night

Sunday evening we decided to have game night. I chose to play Rumicube and in spite of being the last one to lay down any tiles, I was the third first place winner. Vicki had gone first and she was the first first-place winner. Ben went out on the same turn and he was the second first-place winner and then I went out on the same turn followed by Spencer.

Spencer chose the next game and it was Twister. Now do you think that that is a sabbath appropriate game? Ben asked Vicki if she was going to change out of her dress and she said no. You see Vicki always does the spinner and calls the moves but, this time Spencer wouldn't let her. Spencer was the caller.

The game started with Vicki and Ben at the far ends and I was on the side in the middle. "Right foot green." I stepped across the mat.

"Left foot yellow." I moved my left foot by my right foot, Ben move his right foot up behind my right foot and Vicki took the spot right in front of her.

"Right Hand Yellow." Much like musical chairs you have to get to the empty spot quickly. I took the one yellow vacant spot between Vicki and me. Ben grabbed the spot behind his left foot leaving the only yellow spot available at the far end of the mat.

I looked back at the spot, smiling and wondering how Vicki was going to get there. Just then I heard a roar and felt myself rolling backwards into Ben sending him (and me) sprawling off the mat. Vicki demurely put her right hand down on the yellow spot and said. "I win."



TTFN

Ron