Arigato, Yumiko-san!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, Yumiko!

We had a nice Christmas at our house.


Yuka and Bart opening presents.




I gave Larry a print of Winnie the Pooh on a bridge.




Garrett opens his present.



Grandma Becey with her present.



My sister Kathleen.



And her son Harley.



Bart and Yuka get a new coffeemaker and the classic American cookbook, The Joy of Cooking.



Flowers on the table for dessert. Everyone brought something for dinner and dessert.


We had a very nice day.

Presents for Yuka and Bart.

THANK YOU

for the beautiful handkerchiefs. I have never seen any so pretty here.
Love, Debi

Thanksgiving

We went to Tony and Julie's house for Thanksgiving. Tony and Julie had set up a Talent Contest. I am afraid to perform anything, but instead brought one of my embroidery pieces and took one stitch of embroidery (with a big flourish). I did not take a picture of myself, but here are some of the others.

Harley made a paper bow and arrow. He shot his paper arrow with his paper bow and hit his paper target!

Bart did a yoga laugh. He made us all feel good!

Garrett played a drum solo. It had been a long time since we heard him play.


Grandma (my mom) played the keyboard. She played a song that she used to play for us kids all the time (I don't remember the name).

Tony and Julie played guitars and sang funny songs.

Larry sang an old country song while Bart played guitar.

And the winner is - HARLEY!

It was good to have dinner together.

Bart, Yuka, Mandy (Julie's daughter)

Larry, Garrett and Debi

We all hope you are feeling, well, Yumiko-san!

Hi, Yumiko!

I will put more here later. For now, go click the "Happy Holidays from Debi."