This Christmas was amazing.  Harper and Hiromi stayed for a week, and Sarah and Dylan spent lots of time here too.  Our niece and nephew, Kory and Kile came on the 27th for a few days.  It was so much fun.  We cooked lots of good food - we had a delicious fondue Christmas Eve dinner AND knitted - Sarah taught Hiromi to knit, I taught my niece, Kory, to knit AND we played online computer games together - we had 7 lap tops in our kitchen at one time AND Dylan, Sarah and Hiromi went to lots of yoga classes AND we shared memories, ideas, love and lots of laughter.  Wow!  It was truly a Christmas to cherish.  

We spent today with our friend Amy and her sons, Landon, Cuben and Caden.  They are 7,  5 and 2 respectively.  Years ago, Amy babysat for us when Harper and Dylan were in early elementary school.  She would come early, get them ready for school, take them there, pick them up, etc.  She did this for several years.   It was fun to hear Harper and Dylan and Amy reminisce about their time together. 

We had a wonderful Christmas and are still relaxing.  So nice...........
We spent Christmas day with our son, Harper and his wife, Hiromi.  We had a great vegan meal that Hiromi cooked - tuna, sushi, rice and vegies.  We did have a few Christmas cookies, well probably more than a few, thanks to our neighbors.  And some other pretzel goodness that Dylan and Sarah made. 

Today we were going to drive to the airport vicinity and pick up our neice and nephew so they could stay with us the next week.  But I-70 from Burlington (where they live) is closed so they can't get to the airport.  My other nephew, their brother,  is suppose to fly to Des Moines today but will hopefully fly out tomorrow and we will pick up the kids tomorrow.  Everyone at their house if bummed for sure! As are we. So we will have to relax again today.  Oh No!

Be Happy! Jamie Reed

test test test

Today is Christmas Day 2009.  I am setting up a blog with the help of my son, Harper.  I had a wonderful Christmas with my sons, their wives and my husband, Steve. Many thoughtful, funny and perfect gifts were exchanged.  We had a fondue dinner before the opening of gifts that was awesome.  Harper wants me to hurry and finish writing so I can see how this will look, so good bye.