2010 Christmas with the Cozzens

What a delightful Christmas!!
 (A huge thanks to my brother Tim, the best pilot for Allegiant Air)

 

 We decided to fly to Washington to spend Christmas break with the Cozzens family. And it was fun. On our way home from the airport, we stopped in Everett at Lucky Buffet (a Chinese restaurant) for a very good meal, great atmosphere and lots of entertainment. They had a live band playing Christmas music so Grandpa and Melanie danced a few songs. How fun!  Duncan was dared to eat salmon sushi. He ate it all. Five minutes later, he went to the bathroom and threw up. What a goof!
  





The Cozzens family sporting their new matching pajama pants on Christmas eve.

Melanie and Grandpa showing off their silly monster puppets that Melanie got from great-Grandma/Grandpa Thomas for Christmas. They were a lot of fun mixing and matching the different features. Grandma and Autumn are watching them.

Grandpa helping Autumn ride Melanie's new trike from Santa.

The day after Christmas was Sunday. We were privileged to attend Autumn's baby blessing. She looked absolutely beautiful in her blessing dress made by Grandma Thomas. It has thousands of beads crocheted into the shirt. What a doll!

At the end of our visit, our adventures began. 

All seven of us (Cozzens family and Thomas family) left at 5 am from Marcie's home driving through a snow storm and snow packed roads in hopes to catch a 10 am flight from the Bellingham airport on Allegiant Air with standby tickets.  The Cozzens family then safely drove back home minus Grandpa, Grandma and Uncle Duncan.

Duncan had a pocket knife found in his bag which was confiscated. Great?! Somehow it made it through Las Vegas' security! Scary.

Being on standby creates all sorts of stress. There were three seats available on the 10 am flight and two people ahead of us were on standby also.

It worked out that there was ONE seat left which I took alone and left John and Duncan for the next flight at 5:00 pm. Yep. Waiting in the Bellingham airport for the next 7 hours. Tim and Grandpa Watkins picked me up at the Las Vegas airport without any hitches. And I was able to attend the Watkins family Christmas party at Kirk and Paula's home that night. 

Meanwhile.......
John and Duncan waited patiently until 5pm to find out there was only one seat available so they gave it to a young lady. They staywed overnight at a local motel and arrived at the airport early the next morning to get on a 10:00 am flight. 


What an adventure!!


Christmas turned out to be a great time, wonderful memories and plenty of love for our family.

Life is Good

These pictures reminds me of why life is good. Thanks Marcie for posting your family pictures. Thanks for having a beautiful family.
Thanks Ben for being a great daddy. It could easily be said that Melanie is a daddy's girl.

Easter animals 2009

Can Grandma improve on this?

Last year, I created these animals for Melanie for Easter. Hope I can find the time to create something she will love this year. Rule: it must be crocheted. Ideas?