After work on Friday, Dec 21st, we went to Jim & Vonnie Lash's house for a wonderful dinner and a rousing game of Pinochle ( or 2, or 3). The picture above it the life-size poster they got me for Christmas - along with many other things!!! What a fun night after a very long week at work! Carol got a panda bear on a mirror, and plastic wrap (inside joke). But nothing as cool as my Jeff Gordon!

He now stands proudly in my Jeff Gordon Hall of Fame, next to his #24 Cars :)  Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Will write more soon.

Carol had Choir Practice with the kids choir at church yesterday, then we took off for Lincoln City. We had lunch at Grand Ronde, then on to Inn At Spanish Head. We got there at about 3:30 P.M., dropped out stuff off and changed clothes. We had to jump back into the van and drive south on hwy 101 to Florence, OR - we had "last minute" tickets (7:00p.m.) for Restless Heart! Great Concert!!! Love the oldies and the new Christmas songs. We drove back to Lincoln City at about 9:00p.m. - it was cloudy and really dark!

When we got up this morning we looked outside and found all this debris had washed up on shore. Lots of tree roots, and logs, etc. But, it sure was good to listen to the ocean last night (I'm so spoiled :). We had breakfast at the Inn and did some shopping at the Christmas Cottage in Lincoln City. We were home by 1:00p.m. Wonderful  anniversary weekend! Hope everyone is well. More to come soon...

Friday night we went to the Rose Garden and watched the Blazers beat the Timber Wolves. Great game...didn't know if we were going to win until the end of the 4th quarter!
Yesterday we all piled into the van and traveled to Tillamook to visit the cheese factory. And to taste some of that great ice cream! Last night we went to see the Christmas lights display at Portland International Raceway, and it wasn't raining :)  Good Times!!!

Today we picked up Lynette, Frank, Caleb, and Joshua at the airport. Nice that it didn't rain! Frank is taping up Caleb's broken toe...it's pointing the wrong direction :)  Joshua gave technical advice. Thanksgiving dinner was great! I'll post more pictures and descriptions soon.

Today we attended the Memorial Service for Hazel. It was good to see Mom Peters together with her relatives during this time of great loss. Hazel now joins her husband, Dan, in a place we can only imagine...but, is promised. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jeanne, Becky, Danny, and the entire family.  What a special lady! Save us a place up there!

I added this 2007 Department of Defense car to my Jeff Gordon collection this week. The dark area you see is actually chrome! Very cool and only 504 were made. Thank you Ebay... my collection has grown to 34 now. Wish I could have Jeff stop by and sign them all :) Hope everyone has a great weekend! More to come soon.

Thank you, Kelly, for the Pumpkin Bread recipe...Mom did good :)

 

 We picked up leaves AGAIN! So, I had to take this picture in a hurry! We filled 4 leaf bags and our yard debris barrel. And the rain stopped long enough for me to wash the van!

Carol and Vonnie took Payton for his quarterly clipping :) He looks like half the dog he used to be.
We set the clocks back today...I have to remember how to do that for each clock...I should write down the instructions :) More news and pics to come...so good to talk to my kids in FT. Collins this morning...we love and miss you all!!!