birthdays and other stuff

OK, so this post is only a little overdue. I didn't wait months like last time.

Hannah, Grandma Perazzo, and I all have birthdays in December, so the three of us just all celebrated being able to add another candle to our birthday cakes (only Hannah and I opted to not have cakes this year...perhaps I'm still 55 then).

My birthday was one of the best. It started at 6 am, just before Alex and I left for seminary. They even got Sam and Danny out of bed to see me open my gifts (sorry guys!). One of which was a necklace that's the Chinese symbol for love that Glen got for me. I love it.

Hannah got me what I've always wanted...a clean house. She even filmed me opening her gift (I was unaware of that fact).

So, when I finally unwrapped all the layers, I found a play titled "The Clean House." Pretty funny. They are planning on giving the house a thorough cleaning for me.

Sam, Danny, and I went to the Christmas Tree lighting in downtown Fallon. The lighting of the tree is followed by fireworks.

Wednesday the 20th, besides being our first snow for the season, was my parents' 61st wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! You're amazing.

We also recently got Glen a better car. Our driveway now looks like a used car lot especially since Ryan and Eric are home from college for Christmas break. Glen's been driving a 1996 Saturn for the past year. He now has a 2002 Chevy Cavalier. Then there's Hannah's car, my car, and Glen's truck. We don't plan on keeping the Saturn, however.

So Christmas is upon us...and my Christmas cards, though made, don't have a letter or a photo to go in them yet. I always thought that having kids kept me from doing things on time. Now I know that it's just me. I just can't seem to get motivated enough to be on the ball. But I'm okay with that. We will write a letter and get the photos printed...maybe before the New Year arrives.

Merry Christmas!

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overdue post

First off, we are all fine. I've just been waaaay too lazy to post. Talking to my sister yesterday, she was a bit worried. I told her I'd post...

Anyway, best news, of course, is our new granddaughter, Joy!

Joy is saying "hi!"

 

Joy Elise was born at 6:16 pm on November 15th, weighing in at 8 lbs 14 oz, and was 21" long. Apparently Henry really loves her. :) I'm hoping to go see her soon. Congratulations Andrew, Heather, and Henry! We are so happy for your little family.

Thanksgiving was great. I didn't take a single picture, though. Like always, it was delicious food and plenty of games, friends, and family. Good times.

Tennis is old news, but I haven't posted in so long that I still have some blog-worthy info to write about.

FYI-I doubt it's an official term, but a bagel in tennis is when the final score is 6-0 (or 0-6). So to be bageled means that you didn't even win one game.

When Alex plays his tennis matches, I never hear any of the names of the other teams' players...except for Haas. Haas is the man to beat. Alex played him and the fact that Alex managed to win one game off of him and didn't get totally bageled is a BIG deal.  A fellow teammate even made cookies for Alex in order to celebrate the accomplishment.

Congratulations Alex!

It took almost the entire tennis season before Sam was approved to play, so he was only able to compete once--against the team that later won at State. He managed to win one match. (Alex didn't win any that day; Sam was playing doubles, though, which means Alex and him were not playing the same opponents) Since only a total of 4 matches were won by our team (and the other 3 by the doubles team of Miles and Blake, who then went on to state), that was quite exciting. Congratulations Sam! Sorry you didn't have a chance to play more.

Sam and Alex with their coach at the tennis banquet