What happened to December? With the hustle bustle of the Christmas season, work, illness, home projects, etc. the month just flew by. We had to push to get everything cleaned up for the arrival of our daughter, Laura, her fiance, and their little dog on Friday, Dec. 15th (my birthday!) - well, actually they arrived late, after midnight, so it was the 16th. We had an enjoyable weekend, attending the Nutcracker on Saturday night and a church Christmas music program on Sunday night. Our younger daughter, Erin, arrived at the Boise airport Monday night. We were back to juggling bathroom schedules just like old times. Our pets were quite interested in our canine visitor. The cats were just plain puzzled; they had never seen a Chihuahua before and were not quite sure what he was. The dogs knew what he was and in between running around they began marking their territory. Just great! Somehow we managed to finish shopping, wrapping and packing by Friday afternoon and hit the road. It is not easy to squeeze 5 adults and a dog into a minivan, even with a top carrier but with the help of Ian's (the fiance) superior packing skills, we did it. A day later we arrived at my parents' home in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was so great to see everyone; it had been a long time. On Christmas Day we had 18 people packed into their not so big house for dinner. Other highlights included a rather rainy trip to the city (SF) which included a boat ride to Alcatraz plus another day trip to Placerville to see my parents' almost ready new house. It was a great holiday.
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