Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Enjoying Christmas Gifts

Three grands learning how to play RockBand! [We hope to never again listen to "Eye of the Tiger".]
Coolest Grandpa enjoying toy from his Christmas stocking.


Our daughter Martha enjoying the "TV watching" quilt, which the family received.

Samantha wearing her "New Moon" fingerless mittens, which I made in St. Louis. Then I made a pair for Aunt Bebe, who "always" has cold hands. [Thanks to Melody Johnson for pointing out the pattern!]

Lots of other presents were exchanged and exclaimed over.
We ate lots of delicious food.
We celebrated John Sr.'s birthday.
We introduced Granny and Aunt Bebe to playing our game "Follow the Star".

And this is how much of a sock I was able to knit during the drive to and from St. Louis. I had to take my turns driving, and then darkness fell, both cutting down on the available time!

Sara

Gratitudes:

Lots of laughter and some quiet conversations
Gifts for people in Haiti:
----a house from Charlie,
----a water pump from Marti & John
Safe trip driving home in unsavory weather

Monday, November 30, 2009

Family Thanksgiving

On Saturday afternoon Martha coralled us all into Babys 'R Us for a family photo.
So here we are: Charlie and me in the front row, our son Peter and his wife Lynne, and our daughter Martha with her husband John and their three kids: the combined Homeyer and Thomas family.

Sara

Gratitudes:

Great time together with the above folks and more!
Saturday their school WON the football championship, Sami in band.
Safe and uneventful travel on Wed. and Sunday.