What did your December mean to you? Well to Wayne and Ann it meant that our 30 year old Christmas Cactus feels comfortable enough in its new home to put on a show for us.
It means that the storms give Ann an all new batch of treasures to find on the beaches of Gold Beach.
It means that it is crabbing season again and the crab boats run off our shores 24 hours a day.
It also means getting together with friends to celebrate birthdays. We had Kenny and Beth Ashcraft over to celebrate Kenny's 80th birthday....
...and then go out to dinner with us at The Port Hole down near the harbor.
December also meant traveling down to San Francisco to attend our #2 son's commencement exercises in which he received his Master's Degree in Sports Management from the University of San Francisco.
The ceremonies were held in the beautiful church on this Jesuit established campus.
Afterwards, we all posed with the honored graduate. Here he is with his family.
Here is the graduate with his (how'd they get to be so short) parents.
And here he is with his (Gee, they're short too!) in-laws.
After a several day stay with the kids at their home, we headed home for two days, unpacked and repacked, and leaving Bobby with friends, we drove down to San Francisco again to fly out to New York to spend Christmas with #3 son and his family. While there for several days, we slept in a rented flat in the red building on the right. This picture was taken just outside our son's building where their flat is located. So, you can see that we were only a block away.
We spent our time mostly hanging out with the boy, # 12 grandchild,.....
...and cooking up the traditional Christmas Breakfast and Dinner (That's not the dinner! That's Ann!!).....
...and then eating those special meals. Jed and Kate are excellent cooks. It was fun working together to cook, clean and eat.
December also means giving gifts in remembrance of the gifts the Three Wise Men gave the Christ Child and the gifts our Savior gave us through His instituting the Resurrection and the Atonement.
And it means little kids playing with boxes.....
and their new toys!!
Grandma is strongly one of this little boy's favorite people! She was his lap of choice!!
Second came Grandpa Cowley. Telling stories and reading books was a fun activity together!
Grandpa also taught his grandson how special it is to look at the photo on the back of the camera after the picture is taken and also taught him how to take pictures. This is his first picture he took! Not bad, eh?
So, after a short week, we flew back to San Francisco and then drove home via Medford. We had plans to attend a Memorial Service for a friend of ours, but Ann got sick, so we went home early.
Back in Gold Beach, we got our Bobby back from our friends house. He resumed his position at his guard post and all things are back to normal. Though Ann's New York Cold is lingering longer that we like.
But, she'll get better. And we move into the new year of 2014 with more adventures Over the Next Mountain from our home overlooking the Pacific Ocean in little Gold Beach, Oregon.
It also means getting together with friends to celebrate birthdays. We had Kenny and Beth Ashcraft over to celebrate Kenny's 80th birthday....
I see your boys have the same beard problem developing that you had at one time. I hope they find the cure like you did.
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