HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Christmas at the Kids

We had another wonderful trip to Ukiah, CA, to spend Christmas with our granddaughter, Julia, and Donna's daughter and son-in-law. We were gone for a week and so glad to be back home. Although we love our travels, there's still no place like home! We had a wonderful Christmas week with the kids. We stayed in quite a bit as the weather wasn't great. Bubba (Tom) and Julia built a gingerbread train - lots of fun and good candy! We played games with Julia and even got some family knitting in. Tom actually picked up the knitting needles again after a several months' break and made a blanket for one of Julia's dolls. Santa was good to all of us. Now we're home for the winter, except for one short trip Tom is going to make in January. We'll tell you all about it later. It's hard to believe another year has passed - it all goes too fast. We will be celebrating New Year's with our friends, Paul and Cheryl. We get pretty wild - dinner and cards, but we love it. Hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season and that the coming year is the best yet.

4000 miles later. . . . . .

Our Road Trip

We are back in Hemet. We arrived on Sunday early afternoon. During our travels we: saw Tom's cousins and uncle in Dallas; visited Tom's brother and sister-in-law in Austin; spent a few days with Tom's sister in San Antonio. While there we saw the river walk and took the boat ride to see all the Christmas lights - awesome. We also went to one of Tom's favorite restaurant - Tiptop Cafe - yummy fried onion rings and chicken. As usual, we ate too much. We went to Donna, TX, and stayed with our good friends, Wilma and Jack. We had a fantastic time seeing old friends, going out to dinner, and Tom and Wilma and another friend all went to Mexico one day. They had a blast. After leaving the valley, we went back to Tom's sister's for the night and finally started our trip home through west Texas. It took two days travel to get to New Mexico and on Saturday we went to Apache Junction and spent the afternoon and evening with our friends, Rita and Tom. All in all, it was a fabulous trip and we really enjoyed outselves. Tom missed "Charm" a lot but Donna didn't miss her until we actually got home. It felt so good to be back in our little house again. Our friends, Paul and Cheryl, had us come to their house our first night back where we had a delicious dinner and caught up on our news with each other. Now, we're settled back in for about 10 days before we take off again headed to Ukiah for Christmas with our granddaughter. If we had any more fun, we couldn't stand it!!!