Oh my!

So I've been behind on my posts for the season. Bad girl! here are the updates so you don't have to go searching for them.

1. Laura's b-day


2. holiday baking


3. Sedona


4. parent's 50th!

click on Tinkerbell and she'll take you there!

Other things in Sedona

Most of Sedona is about the natural beauty... Ken and Linda enjoying the view from the top at Airport road

...but there are definitely some strange phenomenon in Sedona, and my kids thought it was only fitting to do as the "natives" do!

The BIG day

...and finally the day of celebration! Lunch at the diner in town, and THEN the DINNER at the Silver Saddle where we were treated to a "compliments of the chef" hors d'oeuver of bison meat on a prickly pear cactus salsa. Next we enjoyed appetizers that were bison meat, prickly pear cactus fries and python!!! YES! Python battered and fried and called "snake bites". We then proceeded to have our palates cleansed with a lemon icee, and had our main entrees. Nana had duckling and I can't remember what pop had, although I do recollect a cactus margarita or two. They finished up with a wonderful melted chocolate dessert made especially for them! yummmm, a meal NOT to be forgotten any time soon!

Anniversary 2nd day

Woke up Friday to beautiful clear skies and temperatures in the freezing range! We stayed at a fun place, KINGS RANSOM

This is the view Nana and Pop had from their hotel room -The Matterhorn Inn

Pop catching the incredible views!

we caught an afternoon movie...

a nice lunch at Subway together and dinner at Oaxaca rounded things out!

50th in Sedona

Nana and Pop had their 50th anniversary in Sedona Arizona on the 27th of December. The Boyer clan (minus Amy and Family) drove up Christmas day to help them celebrate! Here we are driving up through torrential rainstorms that pelted our desert access up through Palms Springs and Phoenix.
And this is where we wound up having Christmas dinner...The Red Planet Diner. Interesting for sure! But since it was the ONLY thing open on Christmas it was much appreciated for its decent menu and friendly service.

Holiday fun

Cookie baking: family style! And for all the hours we baked and baked they sure went fast!

You're not the Boss of Me!

She started out as such a good baby, progressed to "hell on wheels", terrorized her brother and sisters, gave gray hairs to mom and dad, was a true "wild child"; and then she hit her teens...where she became this wonderful model of love, affection, independence, balance. The girl who endured tribulation with faith and unwavering strength. The glue of the family, who keeps alive family traditons, stays in contact with her siblings and their lives, touches us all with her sincere concern for us. Is that the role of the baby of the family? to hold us all together as our lives go in different directions? We know our lives (Ken and I) dimmed when she moved out for school and now work. The spark that lit our days is definitely banked, waiting for when she visits or calls. Because when she's with us there is light and warmth and energy. LUCKY for us we celebrate 19 precious years today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA-lolly, la-la, winged pegasus!