Happy New Year

We come to the end of another year, this one moving more quickly than almost any before.  Our year ended with a trip out to Seattle, Washington for Dave and Merrill's wedding. The ceremony took place on an old ferry boat that was built in 1927 and ran across the bay from Tacoma to Gig Island until 1968 when a larger ferry took its place.

The ceremony and reception was quite relaxing and comfortable.  Both bride and groom had a fun time socializing with all of their friends and family members.  It was very enjoyable.

A View from the Ferry of downtown Seattle (Space Needle)

Our Christmas was also low key as Jackson was very calm and patient waiting to open his presents under our Christmas tree.  He got lots of nice toys, including action figures and storefronts for Batman, Captain America, etc.  The storefronts included a firehouse and a Joker fun house.  Jackson also received a Polar Express train set that managed to get broken within two days of play.  Hopefully Bubba will be able to fix it, as a spring holding the trains together seems to have disappeared.  After opening presents the neighbors went to Jackson's other grandparents and we took off for Seattle.

Merry Christmas

I don't eat dessert very much, but I do like pies.  I usually get day old pies from Market Basket, but this time I decided to make my own.  I followed a very nice recipe from You Tube and put together a very tasty pie crust.  Having 8 ounces of butter will do that for sure.  I cooked up some apples we had left over, used one can of cherry pie filling and bingo, the result was one very, very tasty pie that will not last very long. Unfortunately (ha, ha), I will be the only one who will eat it, since the house has become gluten free, sugar free among other taboos.  I will take my chances and continue with my normal diet that has gotten me this far.

Happy New Year to All!

Homemade pie crust for my cherry-apple pie