Greek Dinner and New Years 2018

The week between Christmas and New Years was filled with Harry Potter, museum visits, food, games, and movies. The Greek Dinner was moved up a couple of days so the Hastings could be there. New Years Eve, Katy put together Name That Tune, and Meagan organized A Minute to Win It. Everyone managed to stay up until midnight and the new year. On New Years day the Hastings headed back to Santa Fe and a couple of days later the Youngs drove south to Arizona. Meagan and the kids flew back to Hawaii, and Phillip moved back in with us. Thanks to Maren for some of these photos.

 The whole gang at Rimmel's having a German nosh

 Cousin time

 Harry Potter at the South Town Mall

 The Colver women at Olivander's

 Waiting for their turn in Olivanders

 Lunch at the mall: everyone can have exactly

what they want

 Evelyn turning the crank to fill Lake Bonneville

at the Utah Museum of Natural History

 The girlies with Uncle Tony's stuff on display

 Grammy and Anders at the BYU MOA Escher exhibit

 The beloved Greek Dinner

 Holdie, Scout, Harry, Finn, Clara, Beck, and Sasha

 Anders, Max, Lizzie, Tucker, Lucy, Erick, and Madi

 So good!

 Meg, Emily, Jayson, Rob, Anna, Ollie, Camille, and Anika

 Gavin, Krisy, Dickie, Daniel, Katy, and Evy

 Millie, Colton, Tiffany, Steve, Opa, Annie, Meagan, and Phillip

 Tout ensemble

 Finn and Evy in the lights at the dance party

 Clara and Anders go toe to toe in Name That Tune

 The boys after the hilarious Minute-to-Win-It banana race

 Good-bye Hastings

 Katy and Holdie running with the cousins

 Trip to IKEA for lunch and LED light bulbs

 Some kind of fun

 The Youngs, Arizona-bound

Emily, Scout, and Mabel keep the tradition alive

It's pretty calm around here, with nothing exciting on the horizon, so this is all for now.

OXO

D.

Family Photo Shoot

With everyone here, we decided we needed to take a family photo. We gathered at Kiwanis Park and Millie helped us with the camera.

 Checking exposure: scouting a good spot

Ouch! Too bright

 A shady spot

 The whole crew, December 2017

 With the grandkids

 I know, right?

 With the kids and spouses

They were very fun tonight

 Seriously!

 Silly Millie

 Meags appears to be feeling better

 Booties, er...beauties

 This is the story of Pippy's life

Yup

Now that was a bit of fun. There is more, but that's all for now.

OXO

D.

Christmas 2017

For the first time in I don't know how long, the entire family was together. The Taylors came from Hawaii, though Meagan was sick and quarantined for the first part of the holiday. The Youngs came from Arizona a couple of days before Christmas, and the Hastings arrived Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve dinner was prepared for 26 people and the seating arrangements had to be creative. On the day we enjoyed Christmas brunch with the extended Taylor family at Jeff and Amy's. The rest of the day we relaxed.

 The parents

 The kids

Ditto

 The boys

 Madi and Erick at the bar

 A crowded bench on the north side

Turkey this year

 Daniel said something amusing

 Talent show

 Cousin love

 She makes him smile

 Tradition: Grammy reads some Christmas stories

 Christmas morning in bed with Grammy waiting for their parents

 The heated driveway works!

 The Ringers

 Some of our crew at Jeff and Amy's

Checking out presents

There were several more days of fun, but that's all for now.

OXO

D.