Prosinec

Prosinec je téměř za námi a tohle se s námi v tomto měsíci dělo. Ale nejdřív se musím zmínit o tom, že koncem listopadu jsme si konečně pořídili z brusu nový plynový sporák. Od doby, co jsme se nastěhovali jsme neměli pořádnou troubu a tak jsme nemohli píct. Řekli jsme si, že bychom s tím měli něco udělat, jelikož se blížil den díkuvzdání a tím pádem by bylo správné zachovat tradici a upéct krocana ke zmíněnému svátku. Jinak by to totiž nebylo ono. Sporák jsme dali tam, kde původní majitelé měli lednici. My bychom tam také dali naši lednici/mrazák, ale je moc vysoká a nevejde se pod skříňky. Z kuchyňské linky na té straně jsme vyndali starý sporák a Greg zabudoval nový pult, jelikož po sporáku zbyla veliká díra. Tady je fotka z doby, kdy jsme tu ještě nebydleli. Teprve jsem si vybírali, jaký barák koupit a při prohlídkách fotili.

A takhle to vypadá niný. Kačenka pekla cukroví.

Opět byl čas klukům ostříhat vlásky. Gevin vypadá moc dobře v krátkém sestřihu.

Vypršel mi čas, tak budu muset na tomto příspěvku ještě pracovat jindy.

Santa's Christmas

OK, it is so fun to play with your own kids. Gevin wanted to dress up as Santa today. We had great fun together. He makes me laugh.

This is Santa before Christmas
Santa after Christmas.

Santa after a good night sleep.

Oregon Trip

Our family has made a trip we really were not planing very far ahead, maybe a week prior to us leaving. It was one of those spontaneous decisions. We thought it was time to go and visit Greg's family up in Oregon where we used to live for 7 years. The last time we made a trip up there was in March of this year when we were so fortunate to sell our home to Tanya and Paul (Greg's sister and her husband). We took off early Saturday morning as soon as Greg returned home from work and drove without much stopping because Katlynn and Gevin slept most of the time and, I thing, so did I. Greg was a trooper for he drove the whole way.... he was the only one who didn't get any sleep :(. We got to Hermiston around 8:30 am and stopped at Cassandra's (Greg's older sister) and waited for Debbie, his youngest sister, to get a chance to leave work and have breakfast with us. We met up at Denny's. Jason, Cassandra's husband, and their daughter Kenzi were with us, as well as Amanda, Greg's cousin. We really had a nice visit with everyone that morning. Then we drove to Debbie's house were we crashed and took a nap while our kids went to see Grandma and Grandpa and played with their cousins next door. Every evening of our stay, we'd do a get-together at dinner time and have fun visiting. Monday night, our last night there, we took a few pictures but unfortunately, they didn't turn out because I failed to notice that the lens got really dirty from my little munchkin, so the photos are lacking quality. I'm thinking it is better than nothing though. It would be really nice to have NICE pictures taken next time we will be visiting family. We don't nearly take enough of those.

This is a complete Matthews family photo.

Tanya, Cassandra, Dad (Gary), Greg

Debbie and Mom (Cathy).

Here are all of the grand kids of Mom and Dad except for Mike, Cassandra's son, who's attending college and is away from home. And also Tanya's unborn baby girl who will be the latest addition to our family in mid January :)

There is Kenzi, Andruw, Kylar, Alisha,

Katlynn, Gevin, Emily and Marissa.

Katlynn and Gevin want to move back because the love to spend time with all of their cousins and they miss them very much.

On Monday, I was able to go see one of my best friends, Morgan, whom I have not seen for a whole year.

So, in all, we had a wonderful trip and we hope to do it again soon.

Thanksgiving

Wow, time just flies so fast anymore. Thanksgiving is over and in three weeks we'll be celebrating Christmas! Is this a sign of me getting old? I've heard many people say, that the older you get, the faster time goes..... Oh, darn. Looks like I am really getting old.

I do must share with you, how special this Thanksgiving was for us, this time only a company of FOUR.

Here you have the cook himself. That is right. Greg took on the responsibility of fixing Thanksgiving feast for his family. I had to work in the morning. I was able to get home at about 1:30 pm. I was pleasantly surprised when I walked in the door. Turkey was perfectly cooked waiting to be eaten.. not by choice I imagine, rolls were in the oven along with a pumpkin cake (by the way we got a brand new gas stove/double oven just in time for the holidays), and another pumpkin cake waiting its turn. Greg was also working on mashed potatoes and corn. It was all very awesome. I have a great husband, don't I.

The table was simply set, nothing fancy, but it was perfect.

The turkey turned out really tasty.

We stuffed ourselves full and than had a little bit of time to relax before Greg had to take off for work. We had a good time together, that's for sure.

Thank you, Katlynn for taking that photo, and many many thanks to Greg for a job well done :)