Wild skip-bo party

Out of Town Guests

I've missed blogging and keeping up on all of the happenings with my favorite bloggers. I've had a few things holding me back: 1. Nothing to blog about 2. Setting up, learning to use, and playing with my new Iphone 3. Out of town company.

We did have a great time with our friends the Belt's who flew out to Idaho to get in a quick visit. We had fun eating, visiting, eating, playing games, and eating. Amy was kind enough to give us her old deck of Five Crowns to entertain ourselves with. They were a bit sticky, but that just added to the fun.

I'm leaving on Thursday to go to Bakersfield to stay with mom for 3 weeks, so I may not get to do any blogging for awhile (unless Memsy wants to come over and train me to blog on my Iphone). But I'll look forward to catching up when I get back. Try not to have too much fun without me.

It's All Jenny's Fault!

It's back!!!!!



I just measured 8 inches out there and it's still coming down hard.

But I don't even care, because Jenny talked me into one of these.....

...and I need a day indoors to play with it, download applications, input information, and maybe even make a few phone calls.
Unfortunately I've been too weak to make any New Year's resolutions yet.
I needed to make one about not spending money before I talked to Jenny!
Too late now....thank goodness!
This is a fun toy!!!!!!!!!

Look Whose in Town!

We had a great 'Girl's Night Out' (:o( sad that Katie couldn't join us)!!
We started our evening out at our favorite restaurant:
Sa-wad-dee's
Anna, Amy, Sara, and me behind the camera.
A very good spot for me.



Then over to Amy's for some fun:
Five Crown's, Sequence, and.....

...some unnamed word game that Katie would have loved
(it's a shame she had a previous engagement).

Thanks, girls, for including the old lady.
I have no idea how long the games continued into the night, because I had to have Gus come and pick me up due to the fact that I'm old and need to be in bed no later than 11:00 on a Friday night.

Happy New Year's

Our New Year's Eve wasn't much to talk about, but New Year's Day
brought some fun guests.
Gus invited the Strassers over for a late (very late) breakfast.
Despite the late hour, there were a few in the bunch that were roused from their beds
and brought over as they were, in order to get in on the meal.

Hope you all had a great day that lasts all year long!

Can You Believe This?

Can you believe this is the view out my front door on Sunday morning......



...and this is the view Tuesday morning?!!
I like this view a lot better.
On Monday it was actually in the 50's after weeks of 20's and below.
I guess our snow headed over to Arizona; have fun with it, Emily!

Morgan's Rock!

We went out with a BANG, pun intended!
Our final December Sunday dinner group was hosted by:



And:

And they laid out the most delicious taco bar ever seen. The choices were numerous, including 3 different choices of meat, cheeses, and salsa (all homemade).

Since Katie was still hurting from her Christmas morning accident,
Tom served as the on the spot tortilla cooker.

And he had a very appreciative group of diners.

And though the food was fantastic, the company was even better.

Hazel proudly showing off a missing tooth.

And Wolfie, just relaxin'

This little guy is a special buddy of mine and as adorable as they come.

Wini is a big fan of the Hulk and it appears that he's been rubbing off on her!

This special moment with Atticus was a highlight of my evening.
Why is it they're always cutest when they're asleep?

The evening included games........

.....and some serious Rocking!
Guitar Hero was the real star of the evening.

It started out with the youngest generation testing their skills.

Ella and Hazel were great on the vocals!

And Thomas and Calvin weren't too shabby at the drums.

But things really began to rock when that middle generation took charge of the game!

Wish you could have been there to see Dwight belt it out. Didn't know he had it in him.
I thought sports was all he knew.

He had some good back up from the band.

But then they brought in the seniors......

I admit I was rather reluctant as I was placed at the drums.

And rightfully so, as the rest of my band soon (only 4-5 tries!) decided I might do better on vocals.

Yes, we Morgan' s rocked the neighborhood until well after 9:00 PM!
Can you believe the hour?
As we all prepared to leave, the 'Von' Morgan's treated us to a "So Long, Farewell......."

Thanks gize for a fantastic evening. I just don't want these Sunday evenings together to end.
Maybe we can at least do it once a month in 2009!
What do ya' say, gang?