I like to hear you laughing We had a family dinner on Saturday, a combination "Christmas do-over" and Happy Birthday to Ella. Here is a glimpse.



It was a whirlwind trip but it was good to see everybody again - gotta love the Air Canada flight pass. Part of the reason for the big dinner and it being a "do-over" was that froo and I noticed something lacking from our Christmas pics last December. The gay paper hats that are part of our family tradition were missing! Mom forgot them and nobody even noticed, so we declared that a new turkey had to be cooked and we would get it right this time.

Well, you might say that we didn't quite get it right. The hats were left to the last minute, and really, who's selling Christmas paraphernalia in February anyway? So they were MIA yet again, but Caia (the family artist) and Mom settled in with some tin foil and fancy jewels and proceeded to make everybody a beautiful Christmas crown. You can see all of use wearing them in my pics and in this video.



We're good cooks in this family so dinner was fabulous yet again. Keri made some awesome pie, and of course there was chocolate cake for the birthday girl. Mashed potatoes, turkey, cranberry stuffing, potatoes and turnips, broccoli, gravy, cheese sauce - all the requisite elements were perfect.  | ¶ 5:45 p.m.