Christmas Cookie Time

Pat has been busy baking cookies for the upcoming church Christmas concerts. This cookie sheet has held a lot of cookies over 41 years!

........and of course who better to help clean up than our little neighbor and two day a week visitor...Alyssa Jean!

Adele Performs....

....You may not know that Addy is an accompolished flutist..... Tonight she performed with the 5th grade band with her cousin Taylor on her left with pink head band.

...........The glee after a great performance!

Zoe Appears In Her Middle School Christmas Program

........as the family looks on.......

This is a picture of us first generations "cousins." Left to right with names of their family parent.....Frank (Uncle Don) Tom (Uncle John) Alice (Uncle Ed) Me (Mom Alice) Deb (Uncle Ed) Bev (Uncle Jerry) Ruth (My Sister) Becky (Uncle John)........

........speaking of Uncle John..... Here he is trying to explain how he can eat so much dessert and stay so slim!

........as Hailey shows glee at having so many family members and so much fun.

So We got a $5 Gift certificate From Wilsons Gardens....

......and Santa Clause delivered a gift that will grace Bill and Pat's Cottage garden in the spring....until then it looks at us in our dining room! We love its character and beautiful succlent plants and moss.

Sometimes It's Helpful To Put Our Life On This Planet In Perspective

The relative size of our sun can be seen in the lower left front and is 1 pixel "big."

ANTARES (BACK RIGHT) IS THE 15 TH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY.

IT IS MORE THAN 1000 LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM EARTH.

THIS IS A HUBBLE TELESCOPE DEEP FIELD INFRARED VIEW OF

COUNTLESS 'ENTIRE' GALAXIES BILLIONS OF LIGHT-YEARS AWAY.

ABOVE IS A CLOSE-UP OF ONE OF THE DARKEST REGIONS OF THE PHOTO ABOVE IT.

KINDA PUTS NEW MEANING TO THE WORDS,

"small world, isn't it!"

Wes, Storm Klein and Jim Tressel....

........hang out at Licking Valley High School this morning! Storm has accepted a scholarship with the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Guess Who's Back......

The excitement has been building since Grandaughter Chelsey's Marine husband has been expected back from Afganastan....Well....

HE'S HOME!!! ..........and guess who's happy to be back!....

What's that gleam in your eye I see there, Nate????

.......and can you tell who's happiest to have him home???

THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, NATE!!

(Look at this picture and say, "thank you God for bringing Nate back safely"... three times without crying!)

In this cold cold weather...

.......Pat and I found ourselves last evening reminiscing about trips to SUNNY Florida......the home of the Magic Kingdom.......

.........and tea cup rides......

........and beautiful women...........

.........oh for that "fun in the sun" again........ OK..... just had to share what was on our minds!!