A couple of weeks before Christmas, I was able to drive Aranna up to Prescott for a visit. She stayed a couple of days and Norm brought her back down and I visited for the afternoon and returned home since I had to work the next day. Baby Kale seen here is about 3 weeks old. 
Hayden warmed up to me and we got to chat by the Christmas Tree.
Phil and Marissa's house was decorated so cute for Christmas. Here's thier tree.
Granaran got lots of baby Kale time. 
Jimmy and I thoroughly enjoyed the season this year. Here's a pic of us and our babies by the fireplace on Christmas day. 
Here's a pic of all of us on Christmas Day. Top from Left to right: Florence, Slavin holding Callin, Michelle holding Ava, Matt, Mollie, Mark, April, Richard. Bottom from Left to right: Norm holding baby Kale, Phil, Marissa, Corky, Jace Arrana holding Hayden, Jimmy and Mel
Aranna with her great-grandbabies. Ava was not into it at all!
The kiddos made out like bandits!
It's Christmas Eve! A most excellent recipe here for you! Oreo Truffles! All you need is:
To get our furry children ready for Santa, we took them to the dog wash today. We have been going to the dog wash for the last couple of years and today I took my camera and got some pics. 
For about $8.00 we can wash both dogs. The nice part about this is that it's close to home and the only supplies we bring is a wash mitt and towels, There is even a blow dryer for them there. 
The dogs love going to the dog wash!
Rosie likes to bite the blow dryer so I had to restrain her. 
Well, we just harvested a crop of Jalapenos. This plant was planted back in April with the rest of our garden. The light green peppers in the basket are Asian Peppers and that plant is still going strong as well. I made salsa last night for Mollie with a few of the Jalapenos. I used 4 pounds of Roma tomatoes, 1 onion, cilantro, salt, pepper and 4 roasted jalapenos. Youza it was HOT! James kept eating it, even though his lips were on fire! Thinking about making another batch of salsa for gifts. I have some jars, cute holiday ribbon, thought I would give it a go. 
We had a nice turkey day with the family. I am embarrassed that this is the only pic I have of the day. We had 10 people for dinner and we all sat at one table. Next time I need to recruit a photographer..... It's difficult to cook and clean AND take pictures. Can't wait for the Akins to post pics of the new family member that was born ON THANKSGIVING!
On 11/11/11, James and I celebrated (not really), rather we realized we had been married exactly 4 years, 4 months and 4 days. When we went on our honeymoon we visited the Kauai Coffee Plantation. We bought a burlap sack and finally decided to get it framed. Here it is! We have it prominently displayed and absolutely love that it says '2007' on it. 