December 2015


January 3rd: Since we were still traveling on the 1st, Dad has an excuse this month...


I didn't take much in the way of pictures this month, at least not before Christmas, so most all of the early pictures are actually from Caroline. Then a lot of the later pictures are collages so I wouldn't have to try to come up with 75 captions this month...

We didn't actually travel a lot in December, we just packed a lot into the one trip we did take to Texas. You're probably thinking, "at least they got away from the cold and wet for a few days" but you would be mostly wrong. We did miss the one day of snow, much to Lucie's dismay (but it is snowing today so Lucie is thrilled), but it turned cold the day we arrived in Texas and we got to have thunderstorms and rain and fortunately missed the tornadoes that tore up the city not too far from us.

As you can see from the pictures, we visited the Karls in Fort Worth; then went on to visit family in Austin; celebrate a 50th wedding anniversary, obviously not our own :-); and finish up with New Years Eve and New Years Day with the Crosby-Schmidts.

This year I do plan to change up the website in some way, but I don't know what that will mean yet, so maybe next month will be new and different or maybe not. You'll just have to hold your breath and wait... or is that "don't hold your breath..." Anyway - see you in a month.

I actually went singing at the mall, but this is just me hanging out with my friends. Is it a Christmas dog or just a jester? Clearly it is a Christmas dog! Or just a really embarrassed dog...
This year the Light Parade wasn't quite as cold, but it was kind of wet. Dad wasn't smiling like that after he started cutting the tree... It is the exotic and rare bubblegumdogdeerchicken! How can we have so much rain and sunshine at the same time?!
We went to see Jamie and Adam (you know, the Mythbusters) live! No explosions in the theater but lots of laughs. Ugly sweater? I don't think so! I went to a sleep over! Don't we look well rested? Hello '80s! Totally tubular!
On Good Mythical Morning they did "glitter beards" by pouring actual glitter all over their beards... Dad used Photoshop (and it looks more like a moss beard...) Do I get up early for Christmas? Heck no! Look at how bright it is outside already... Christmas! The one time of year that Dad actually appears in several pictures :-) I got to go see Butturcups new siblings on Christmas too! They were less than a day old!
The traditional fireplace photo with the Karls You've got to have Faith... We had a great time in Austin with Andrew, Sterling, Dan, Faith, Dad, Sage, Gwen, Faith, Faith, Mom, Dan, Sam, Maria, me, Faith, Susan, Luke, Sam, Jack, Faith, Andrew, Maria, me, Maria, Maggie, Jeff, Maria, Sterling, Sage, Brooke, Sage, Jeff, Faith, Susan, Gwen, Mom, Jack, Andrew, Maria, Luke, Dan, Sam, Sam, me, Maggie, Maria, me, Nathan, Greg, Maria, me, Mom, Luke, Dan, Jack, Sam, Susan, Faith, Andrew, and Maria... and that doesn't even include everyone that was there! Dad took a lot of pictures at Gran's and Maddog's 50th anniversary party - these are just a few...
Do you want to build a snowman? Wait - I'm a snow woman... and check out those shades, hats, and marshmallow shooters... Technically these shouldn't even be included since they are from January, but Dad thought Chris's photobomb (not his own) was just too funny...