This and That Christmas

 Since Ron and I were planning to go to Santa Barbara for Christmas, we had a little Christmas dinner with Andersons and Petes the Sunday before Christmas. Then I have a few random Christmas yard decorations from our neighborhood and from the house of a family in our ward. (I have no idea why anyone would want the "giant reindeer" in their small front yard. I like the Santa on the long horn.) Then there is the picture of Ron, and I that I put in a few family Christmas cards. (That picture was from our ward Christmas party.) I didn't send out my normal 80 Christmas cards for this year. Then a picture of some very nice flowers from a neighbor. The last picture is how we do Sunday dinners at our house. (Two tables together to make one big table.)

Hazel's Birthday

 My contribution to a birthday party for Hazel was a cake. They had a little friend party for her. We also had our normal family birthday dinner. (I had to get some advice from a couple of ladies in our ward on how to do the cake... fondant is not my favorite thing.)

Colorado Trip for MaryAnn's Funeral

 Early in December we did a last-minute trip to Denver for Mary Ann's funeral service. She passed away on November 14, 2025. There was a "celebration of life" service at the Foundations Church, in Loveland on Dec. 1. We got to be there in Colorado for the first significant snowstorm of the winter. It was good to see Deb and Don and the rest of Mary Ann's family and also to see Doug, Justin, Rick Corder (and his family), and Liz and her husband. It made me super nervous driving a rental car in bad weather, and we aren't used to cold weather... we were freezing. The day that it snowed the most was Wednesday and we spent that day at the motel, expect for dinner in the evening with Doug. Thursday morning was an early morning, icy drive to the airport. Here are a few pictures. When we were driving to Berthoud and back to Loveland, we drove by my old houses. (We drove by the house, just east of Berthoud, where Ron lived, but I couldn't get a picture of it... it has a tall fence between it and the road.)