Greetings all you FamiliaShaha fans. As usual I have been flaky in my postings, and your mother has been VERY busy getting prepared for your arrival for Christmas. We are so looking forward to all of you being here.
Though very late, I wanted to post a few photos from our great Thanksgiving with Joe and Bethany and their lively girls (it is possible that getting Hailey and Caroline together may cause some sort of spontaneous reaction akin to adding fire to gasoline). Bethany provided a most delicious feast for us all, and we had a very fun week with their family. Here are some photos I took--admittedly a poor photographer (but then we were installing a sink some of the time).
Hailey puts away the silverware after the dishwasher cycle is completed. She is very efficient.
And we had a most enjoyable birthday party for Hailey while there--her happy 2nd. We also celebrated Joe's birthday, but couldn't get all the candles in one shot so I decided to just go with Hailey's birthday photo.
The girls had a good time harassing Steve as he tried to rest--Lucy just leaped off the chairassured Steve would catch her. It worked every time.
And we did a lot of reading--mostly to Hailey (who chooses her dad over all other readers) . . .
and Lucy--both avid readers.
You all be excellent to each other, and come to us safely. Only reason I have time to do this this morning is we're in the midst of a pretty good snowstorm--the one that blew through Utah the other day. I hear it's hammering Iowa so hope Dave and Wendy and Oakley are hunkered down today and that the roads are safe for their travel here tomorrow.
See you all soon!!
Love, Pat and Nancy/Gampa and Gamma
