ATTENTION!!! THE BLOG HAS BEEN UPDATED!!

For all those people who have been checking to see if I have done any updating on the blog, YES I HAVE!! I get annoyed when I visit blogs that have not been updated for weeks, sometimes months. I know that everyone gets busy and doesn't realize that I am waiting for an update. So I forgive you. You must feel the same way about me. Please enjoy the post below.

The Finished Product

O, Christmas Tree. O, Christmas Tree

Simon and I continued our tradition of getting the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. As we were decorating we discovered that 2 sets of lights were bad. So we had to take a pause in decorating until we got more lights. As you can see Lexie has to be in the middle of everything. She had to sniff every box that came from the attic and every ornament she could. She is so curious sometimes, I wonder if she is part cat. Don't tell her I said that.

Happy Thanksgiving

Yes, I know that Thanksgiving was last week. I am just getting around to posting pictures. My parents had everyone over their house again this year for lunch. David and Ashley were there along with Ashley's parents, Jack and Nancy. My Aunt Amy comes to visit from Burlington. My Nana is still able to make lunch. And, of course, Simon and I. Last year Simon's parents, Pauline and Robert, were visiting during Thanksgiving and really enjoyed their first Thanksgiving. They were missed this year. And for those of you who are not that educated, NO, they do not have Thanksgiving in England, so stop asking!!

The women are cooking!

The men are sitting.

The whole crowd is happy and stuffed!!

Happy 60th Birthday Dad!

So, almost a month ago, my mom had a 60th Birthday Party for my dad. I am just posting pictures from it. It was such a fun party. I wanted to do a little presentation, "Things that are older than Dad." Does anyone remember that episode of "The Cosby Show?" FIRE is older than Dad, The WHEEL is older than Dad. I can't remember the rest, but it was a great episode.

The Birthday cake cam from a local bakery. My mom was supposed to pick up the cake at noon on the day of the party. Someone from the bakery called my mom at 11:30am and asked if the cake was for a girl or a boy AND wanted to know if pastel colors were OK. HELLO!!! The cake was going to have a bunch of 60s on it. My mom told them it was for a 60 year old MAN!!! And NO, she did not want pastel colors, she wanted bright manly colors! As you can see it turned out just fine and it was soooo YUMMY!!! The chocolate icing was the best!!

I am not going to post pictures of everyone who was at the party, but here are a couple. This is my dad and his brother, Tommy. Do they look like they are related??

I thought this was a great picture. This is Ros, Prentice and Dustin. I couldn't get pictures of them with their spouses. They sure do look like they are having fun.