All Together!

December 27, 2007
9 grandchildren
3 daughters
3 sons-in-law
1 grandma

missing - grandpa, son and grandson.

16 out of 19 ain't bad... actually it was such a miracle to get us all together. Joe cooked up the best ever batch of gumbo. Tim and Matthew recited poetry. Carols were sung. We even played a ridiculously fun game that involved a conducting-by-numbers whistle choir. grandpa was recovering from knee replacement and Damian and Eugene were out in California for Christmas. It was a no-tree year.

Back in Action

To our faithful blog-readers: for better or for worse we are back. Here we are catching a bite of brunch at Dean's in Manhattan. I think this is about as good a family portrait we have gotten since H was 3 months old. Lot's to tell. We are off to San Antone this Saturday to have Christmas in February with Mombo. Other big news (other than the end of the writers' strike) is that next Thursday my boot comes off, hurrah! Harvey moved up to be with the Forget-Me-Nots at daycare today. Also, today was my first day driving around to lessons (I had to teach in-house for 4 weeks) and J was off to play at the Rodeo Bar with the Western Caravan. More later....