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| Lisa & Thomas - Christmas 2010 |
We are enjoying the company of family now after a crazy few days. While finals are at last over, that doesn't mean we're not busy...
On Thursday last, we got to go out to
Tucanos for a late birthday/early "finals are over" celebration.
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| Thomas & Lisa at Tucanos |
On Saturday we did some shopping, then went up to the Bradshaw Family Christmas Party (sorry, not many pictures). We gorged on too much food, healthy and not. We're grateful for the example Thomas' grandparents have been in raising their family. We're also thankful for all the wonderful family members we have, including those who attended and those who were unable to!
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| Getting ready for the white elephant gift game |
We had some
friends over for carnitas (recipe
here) and
Family Home Evening.
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| Dinner table |
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| the Childs and the Bradshaws |
We awoke to about 6 inches of fresh snow at 4am on Tuesday, and it was still falling steadily (apparently one of our neighbours spun out in the driveway after we left). Despite everything going against us, including losing our keys (and miraculously finding them), we took off only 30 minutes late. The normal on-ramp to I-15 was closed as well, so we had to take a 4-mile detour to the next exit. Luckily, by the time we got to Tooele the weather had cleared up enough to drive safely at full speed.
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| Just before we left ... |
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| See our trail to the car? |
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| Somewhere in Nevada ... |
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| Somewhere else in Nevada |
We first headed to Fairfax to visit some of
Thomas' family. We went out to eat at
Chevys (no apostrophe), a "Mexican-style" restaurant that had great food although a strange atmosphere: not quite Mexican and not quite Texan. We spent the night with our gracious impromptu hosts and enjoyed good cooking, walks, and children.
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| Vakalalas at Chevys |
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| Vakalalas at Chevys |
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| Our niece enjoying her ice cream :o) |
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| Our smiley nephew |
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| Group shot take 1... |
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| Group shot, refined |
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| Glenn |
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| Mere |
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| We took a walk together |
The next day we went up to Lisa's home. We thus far have spent time hereabouts shopping, visiting with friends, eating, and lazing about. Have a great set of holy days!
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| the Paulsons |
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| The Paulsons, the Bradshaws, and Lisa's friend Lanessa at Grand China restaurant |
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| Main Street, Placerville |
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| Lanessa and Lisa - friends since 1st grade. |
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| Lisa holding baby Annabelle |
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| Thomas holding baby Annabelle |
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| baby Annabelle and her mommy |
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| Uncle Carl and "Turtle" the pug |
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| Cousin Gail, Lisa, Morgan, Mom, and Aunt Lucy |
Love the pictures!!! Have yourselves a Very Merry Christmas!! xoxo
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