Day by Day 365: December 2012

Day 337: Alleluia

This is one of my very favorite Christmas decorations. I have never seen anything else like it: beautifully painted wooden figures, given to me by my mother-in-law many years ago.

Day 336: Christmas decorations

We traditionally get out the Christmas decorations on December 1st. We have so many beautiful ornaments that people have given us and I like to enjoy them for as long as possible.

Day 335: Band concert

I was sadly unable to attend Johnny's band concert this evening, because of three other commitments but I did get this picture of the logo on his new band polo shirt.

Day 334: All about Anna

This is the last of several pages of a writing assignment entitled "All about me".

Day 333: On the court action

We are loving watching Johnny's basketball team play a couple of times a week (still haven't got used to the 6 am practices though...)

Day 332: iPad artwork

The kids spent a lot of time creating artwork on the iPad on our Thanksgiving roadtrip. This was one of Daniel's pictures.

It is pretty ridiculous that I have lived in the Pacific Northwest for nearly nine years and this is the closest I have been to the Space Needle: driving past on the way home from northern WA. We really do need to plan a trip to Seattle.

Day 330: Bellingham

We spent a spectacularly beautiful day in Bellingham, WA. It is a delightful town and David's aunt was the perfect tour guide.

Day 329: Ferry

We took the ferry back to the mainland today so that we could spend time in Bellingham, WA with David's aunt Margy. The journey as well as the destination was great fun.

Day 328: Thanksgiving

A perfect Thanksgiving Day: lovely, bracing walk by the ocean in the morning, and a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner with relatives in the evening.

Day 327: Friday Harbor

What a treat to leave early, drive north to Anacortes, WA, take the ferry over to Friday Harbor and find ourselves welcomed by the incredible hospitality of David's aunt Helen and her husband Howard in their beautiful home on the water. The kids immediately found their way to the beach and spent the late afternoon skipping stones.