CHRISTMAS 2012

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

at

The Browning home

 

Caught the sunset before going to Stephanie's

 

We all gathered around the kitchen table

for a game

of

SPOONS

 

Lots of laughing

Lots of hooping and hollering

Lots of pushing

Lots of silly fun

 

Santa has arrived

 

Here they come

It is about 8 o'clock

Gone are the days of getting up at 6 a.m.!!!!

 

Christmas gifts for the puppies

YUM YUM

 

Thanks Mom and Dad

Just what we wished for!!!!!!

 

Time for a wee snuggle

 

Papa in the kitchen

Later in the afternoon I busied myself with making my Mom's cabbage salad and butter tarts

Even made a few raspberry tarts for my brother

Too bad he wasn't there to eat them

Ha....guess who ate them??

I had to keep up the Fisher tradition

 

Ha Ha

 

Trying out the new lacrosse stick

 

One of Zoe's gifts from her Grandma Elaine and Papa Tom

Laura Secord chocolates

O--M--GOSH

 

We all took a walk over to the park

Gwennie was right in there

She has a thing for balls

She ran back and forth

Back and forth

until

She wore hereself out

She is still resting today!!

 

Can her tongue get any longer???

She was a huffin and puffin

 

These Stag Island sweatshirts keep popping up!!

 

The lacrosse kids

 

Madeline loves Rod

 

Funny........ Zoe

Showing off her Christmas sweatshirt  from her Aunt Carrie

Great slippers Zoe girl

 

The photo on the right is one of the Fisher family taken by me when I was 13

Our Wilsonwood home

The dining room 'hutch' is in the background

 

There is the hutch

The dining room suite belonged to my Grandma and Grandpa Garen

It has now been passed down through three generations

 

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Today is a special day

It is my birthday

 

................to be continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



JOIN US FOR A SUNDAY ADVENTURE

This morning the alarm went off at 6:15

 

By 7:30 we were at the Hot-Air Balloon Festival

in Gilbert

 

 

 

A huge powerful fan is blowing air into the balloon

 

The burners have been turned on

 

The 'basket' is about to go upright!

 

All aboard

 

They're air bound

 

 

Now this one is crazy!

 

 

Check out the clear blue sky

 

The US of A

 

Leaving the park

On to find a place for breakfast

 

We were driving down Gilbert Street when we spotted a gal waving a sign that said

Come for breakfast

We turned the truck around and pulled into the driveway

We could not see a restaurant???

It was tucked in amongst other stores

It was called

The Groves

Bar and Grill

If it hadn't been for the girl and her sign we would not have known it existed

Good advertising

 

We had a good breakfast

Good but maybe not healthy for me

French toast with lots of syrup!!!

Afterward I said to Joe

I've had my fill of french toast

Too much syrup!!!!!!!

Back to healthy

 

Next stop

St. Mary's Basilica

Downtown Phoenix

 

This morning a violinist accompanied the organist

and

The choir sang beautifully

Must say............

It warmed the heart

 

Do you notice the Reverend's nose?

Joe thinks people touch the nose

and

wonders if there is meaning to this?????

 

My favourite

St. Francis

Someone has put a few pennies in his hand

 

Circle of Peace

 

There goes the blue truck

 

Next stop............

36th Annual Pueblo

Grande Museum

Auxiliary Indian Market

 

Joe called me over to see some birds

This gal is having her lunch

 

HOLY COW

NO

HOLY BIRD

 

 

 

 

We are being entertained

 

 

The bird dropped the dollar bill in the vase

 

Enjoying a nut

 

Checking feathers

 

I have a visitor on my shoulder

 

 

OK OK

This is not good!!!!!!!!

Joe.....come and get the bird!

 

 

We enjoyed our time at the Market

Did a bit of Christmas shopping

 

Last stop.......

The Browning home to catch the second and third period of Beau's hockey game via the computer

I am going to 'toot my horn'

The boy got his first goal of the season

If we had arrived about 3 minutes earlier

we would have witnessed the goal!!!!!

 

YEAH BEAU