During this past fall, Miriam (John's niece from El Paso) began attending a local college. On a weekend off, we took her Genesee Country Museum.
We saved Thanksgiving until December to share it with Shelley's Mom, Betty (visiting from South Africa), and our friends, Marcy and Jamie Sharp
Shelley's girlhood friend, Caroline, and her Dad, Ron, visited from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Caroline manages her son's hockey team, so we had lots of fun comparing notes!
We had a special Christmas tea while they were here...
Betty and Caroline getting reacquainted on the couch.
We all went for a walk one cold evening. We had to scrounge for enough warm clothing to fit everyone!
Something we observed on the walk.........
We spent a lot of time crowded into the family room talking...
Shelley outdid herself in preparing Christmas Dinner
Some of the Christmas gifts were pretty wild!
Don't they look alike??
John and Shelley on Christmas Day...
Mark, Bobby, and Miriam on New Year's Eve