Sarah's first driving test

Here is Sarah in Janet's new car. She loved trying to drive it.

more 3rd birthday

More pictures from her birthday. Mr. John looked so cute in her tiara!

This is Sarah's 3rd birthday at home

Sarah was 3 years onl and we had a party at home for the adults in her life. She had a great time and got many cool gifts.

Christmas

Christmas was fabulous. Sarah woke us up and we came out to see that Santa had eaten the cookies and the reindeer ate their carrots. She loved to the note that Santa left her and looked at all her gifts. She first wanted to open her stocking and eat half of the chocolate in there. She was so excited to see all her gifts. Under the tree were many things. Later Manna came over and she brought more gifts and we had a great day. Manna cooked dinner for us. We had Cornish game hens, potatoes, green beans and lava cake and cheesecake pudding. I have pictures but as you have guessed they are still in the camera. Hopefully I will get them out soon. In the mean time, Manna cleaned out her camera and I will post pictures of Sarah from 3 on. Let's see!

lots to talk about

Here is a picture of Sarah and Elise playing pirate fighting. Sydney is the MC and she is calling the sward fight. They came over on Friday and we all went to dinner.
I had been in Dallas with Zadie. he had to have minor heart surgery and they put in a pace maker/defibulator. He is doing better now but it is not fun to see your dad be wheeled down the hallway to the elevators.
On Saturday we went to the Rainforest Cafe to see Santa. He was very nice. Then we went to get our Christmas/Chanukkah stuff from storage and started decorating the house. Sarah had friends caome over and the girls helped decorate.
On Sunday we had lunch with Margaret and Margot. It was nice to see them. It has been a long time.
I am getting ready to have surgery on Thursday and am getting very scared. I hope I am doing the right thing.

Trip to Dallas

We came home on Tuesday, washed clothes and packed up again on Wednesday and drove to Dallas. Sarah was very excited to see Aunt Marcy, Uncle Jim and Zadie. Aunt Marcy and Sarah made cupcakes that look like turkeys, they cooked dinner together and played a great deal. Sarah met Uncle Jon again and they played together also. Sarah was the conductor to Russ, Uncle Jon, Zadie and my playing instruments. She even had a cane she was raising up and down.
Zadie had a great time watching Sarah and how creative she was. It was a great weekend but we were glad to get home. Life can go back to normal for a little while.

OOPS

I forgot to talk about Pike's Peak. On Sunday we went on a cog train up Pikes Peak. That is 14,110 feet in the air. The cog is a type of rail that moves the train up and down. The trip was about 1 1/2 hours up. It was around 34 degrees on the ground and when we got to the top it was in the low teens with the winds blowing about 35 miles per hour. Burr it was cold. What they forget to tell you as you go up is that you lose a liter of water and you should drink lots. As we got to the top, my sugars went down and I began to see stars in my eyes. Russ ran around trying to get my sugars up and keep me from fainting. Sarah hated being in the cold. She wrapped herself in my cape and wanted to go home. The ride down was even worse. We all started to feel bad and Sarah thank goodness slept most of the way. I have pictures but think we will not be going up Pikes Peak next year.
After we got back down, the kids and Russ and David, went rock climbing. They had a great time and Sarah was a great sport. She loved it.
Pictures to come.