Happy Birthday to Mark

Happy Birthday Mark! Mark has hit yet another milestone birthday --60! Congratulations! I called friends and family to hook up for an afternoon on Saturday -- Deb had NOTHING to do with it, believe me. We had a surprise party for him, and after he was finished being just a little mad, I think he loved it :) We all had a great time, it's fun celebrating with friends and family. So, happy birthday Mark, and many more!! Here are just a few picks of Mark and Deb, and most beautiful grandchildren Max and Liz. Max is a HOOT! I just can't get enough of either of those kids..... they are so great. Hopefully I'll have a blog soon to share with Liz. Ummmm, it's about an ear and that's about all I can share with you at this point :)

Here are the rest of the pics from the fun day:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Donna.Loves.Bob/MarkS60thBirthdayParty#

Another GREAT Christmas Celebration

Kate and Jerry invited the family to their home to celebrate Christmas. It was great -- great to see the Frohlich's, Hougen's and most of the Rahrich's. Chris spent the day working, so we didn't have a chance to see her. The day was fun -- good food, drinks and Family. We even did some celebrating with Jerry's Mom, Donna and family and Allen - via his webcam. Pretty neat!



I am looking through all of the wonderful pictures from the day, which is shared with you:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Donna.Loves.Bob/2008Christmas#


But, I thought the best was this one..... The Aunt's challenged our nieces and nephews to game of 'Outburst'..... I don't even remember who won, if anyone..... but, none of us 'Aunts' could read the cards -- ummmm, due to poor lighting I think. Mary was kind enough to hold a flashlight for each of us while we donned our reading glasses. !! Too funny. Getting older is great :)

Happy Holidays!

Sneaky

I caught Bob going through the gifts under the tree and shaking them and stuff. Sneaky!!

Christmas is for Kids

We celebrated our Christmas with Aaron and Allison - what a fun evening! Here are just a few pics - Allison showing a favorite gift, Ryan with his best smile and the newest member of the Family, Ike. Ike is John and Sandy (Aaron & Allison's step Dad and Mom) grandson. He is a sweetie, and we really enjoyed meeting him and spending time with all of them. Who was here: Allison, Chuck, (we missed Matt), Aaron, Jamie, Ryan, John, Sandy, Ike and Us. Great Evening!

Merry Christmas!!

An old tradition - Georgetown

This year we attempted to rebuild an old tradition, so we headed up to Georgetown for their annual Christmas festival. It was a fun day with Steve and Julie, however, the festival has lost some of it's jazz. I'm not really sure if it's because I don't have a lot to shop for anymore (decorations, festive stuff), or if the festival itself has down sized. Regardless, the day was great, the weather was great, we had chestnuts roasted on an open fire, stood around the campfire - and it's the holiday season - so we had a good time! Happy Holidays!

We visited Aruba

Amazing little island! I will post all of the pictures, although they don't do justice. The island is so beautiful, small - we were able to tour the island in a day -- actually less than. I think it was more fun for me than Bob, as he was driving. Ummm, foreign Country, can't read the signs..... oh, and, there are no street names in Aruba. Makes it difficult to read a map!! Bob did great job and we had a great day of adventure. The rest of the time was spent sunning, eating - oh, and, maybe a small bit of drinking. Speaking of eating.... here is the first pic I will share. When we first arrived, we unpacked and checked out the area. Stopped for a sunny drink. The place we stopped served a free snack. Take a look..... breaded, deep-fried MINNOWS. I ate some :) When in Aruba, do as the Arubans. Made Bob sick to his stomach!!!