Oh, that's right, I have a blog....... :-)

No, we are not dead. Just busy with life.

We had a wonderful visit with Cara. We picked her up at the airport Friday night, and when we got home it was just starting to snow.......and it snowed, and snowed, and snowed. But that was ok; we had plenty to keep us busy....snow play, sappy Hallmark channel Christmas movies (when the power wasn't out), drinking hot tea and hot chocolate, more snow play, visiting, and then Thanksgiving. For some reason I took hardly any pictures when Cara was home, and then totally forgot the camera on Thanksgiving...but it was a fun filled day with family. We went to my sister's house in Vacaville. The food was great and the company was better. Then, the day after Thanksgiving, we went to Apple Hill for the traditional Christmas Tree Hunt. :-)
We did the usual things.
stopped at Carl's Jr. for lunch...

found the perfect tree...(Nope, that's not it. We changed our minds after I took everbody's picture in front of it...and after we had already yelled for the cutter. :-)Here it is:
went to High Hill Ranch for cider and a visit with Santa and a choice of candy or a caramel apple from the Fudge FactoryThen home to eat pizza and decorate.It all went by so quickly, and too soon it was time to take Cara back to the airport. Since she had to leave at 4:30 am Sunday morning to make her early flight, we didn't all go. Only Ralph and Samantha braved the early hour.

This week we are back to the normal routine, whatever that is. And...it's only 23 days til Christmas!!! Yea!