 Grandma Donie's Christmas Letter mosaic |
 At Julie's Yoga class, some Tibetan Monks making a sand mandala |
 when we went to visit, they had been working on it for a day and a half |
 first they draw the design, and then they use special funnels to place the sand |
 there are bumps on the funnel and they rub a metal stick over the bumps to make the sand flow |
 here's a nice overhead shot - I hope we get to go back and see it finished - after sitting for a day, they destroy it |
 Jordan playing with the china that originally belonged to her Great-Grandma Mendell |
 Jada at tea-time |
 the real tea pot |
 an outing to the tree farm to get a Christmas Tree |
 Jordan cookin' up some marshmallows |
 Jordan saying hello to the donkeys |
 Julie cut down the tree |
 Whew! That's hard work - and Jada didn't get crushed by the falling tree this year |
 waiting for the tractor to come get us |
 building a nest with grass |
 a beautiful day out on the tree farm |
 girls in the nest |
 expanding the nest |
 Flap little birdies! |
 the nest starts to morph into a beaver lodge |
 hard to get two big beavers into such a little lodge |
 riding back with the tree |
 the kind of house Julie and I would like to build |
 Jordan holding on to the tree so it doesn't fall off again |
 making more marshmallows |
 Jordan ain't afraid of no goats! |
 goat |
 goats butting heads |
 the goats got a-hold of the whole bag |
 back home, decorating the tree |
 the girls both helped a lot this year |
 Jordan, Jada, and Papa making biscuits |
 all making biscuits |
 Jada wearing Mama's glasses |
 Jordan sleeping on Jada |
 such little cuties |
 Jordan and Jada in front of the house with lights |
 Our house, full view |
 Visiting the lights on West 37th Street - a strange creature |
 She had mints in her tray |
 A nice overview of west 37th Street |
 That is a waterfall coming down the roof |
 There were fish and ducks in the 'river' |
 Jordan checking out the fishing pole by the river |
 a stuffed person up the ladder |
 Nice house and the owners out on the porch |
 smiley face |
 lights covering the front of this house |
 a lady pretending to be an angel statue |
 She thanked Jada after Jada gave her some money - Jada was a little scared, but she went up anyway |
 Girls snuggling in the wagon |
 a bush shaped like a car |
 nice headlights |
 the UFO house |
 Jack sitting in Santa's chair |
 Jack tied Barney to the tracks! Oh No! |
 Great big ball of lights on a rope |
 lights a' spinnin' |
 everyone liked playing with the ball and watching it |
 under the ball |
 Jordan watching the ball spin above her |
 Jada about to leap from a log |
 lit up motorcycle |
 It starts as a mountain |
 but every 3 minutes it erupts into A VOLCANO! |
 another view of the volcano |
 'Cloudy, with a chance of snowballs' |
 Snowmen in an oven |
 Kids and Grandkids |
 Christmas Eve - Jordan drinking 'apple champagne' |
 Great Grandma Van Horn hand sewed these lovely skirts and vests for Jordan and Jada |
 Jordan in full spin mode! |
 Jada spinning |
 Jordan spinning like a Donie (with her tongue out) |
 Jada got a new bunny from her great Aunt Deborah |
 Pecan pie made by Jordan and Papa and Mama, with pecans from the next door neighbors |
 Christmas morning! |
 Don't forget to open the stockings |
 Jada reaching into her stocking |
 DEEP into her stocking! |
 Jada opening a game |
 Jordan helping Grandma open something |
 Aha! Pictures of the girls |
 Jada trying on a ribbon |
 Jordan got a crochet kit |
 Jada digging into a big one |
 Checkers from Uncle Scott |
 Scott gave Julie a New York Fire Department T Shirt |
 Jada checking out the dinosaur cookie cutters |
 Mama opening something big for the girls |
 The girls at least like the box |
 Cool! Marble rolling blocks |
 Grandpa and Uncle Scott checking out the marble rolling toy |
 Jordan got a little book of Hand Shadows - this is Scott doing an alligator |
 (What are you doing to that plant stand!) - Grandpa does his exercises while Jada plays in the sandbox |
 a necklace with her name on it |
 Christmas ornaments |
 Jada got a snowglobe too |
 plastic animals |
 Jada hanging her ornament on the tree |
 Great Grandma Donie and the girls |
 Jada got a horse and would NOT let go |
 Julie gets her calendar |
 Great Grandma and Jada |
 Great Grandma and Jada |
 the girls get their first Barbies |
 Jada got a farm |
 this was a biggie - Grandma D made dress up stuff for the girls |
 Jordan got undressed immediately - |
 and put it all on |
 Now fully outfitted, cape and wand and everything |
 playing with the farm |
 Jada shows Great Grandma her horse |
 Julie looks happy |
 raising the magic wands - POOF! |
 Jordan and her Leap Pad |
 studying the Barbies |
 cat socks and high heels |
 Barbie's chillin' wit' the dog |
 Uncle Scott took this one |
 wake up Uncle Scott! |
 beating on Uncle Scott with blades of grass |
 Ninja sock-master! |
 Christmas letter photo of Anders, who is the same age as Jordan - son of Annie and Erika, friends in Seattle |
 Christmas Halloween photo of Bevin, Paloma, Coleman and Zoltan Farkas, Seattle |
 Steve's Aunt Deborah and Uncle Elliott |
 Jada in her new Clifford Jammies |
 pretending to be a sad puppy |
 happy puppy! |