Getting to Know You - January 2013

Winter in Wisconsin can be a bit lonely, but we have had a few visitors:

A Blue Jay stopped by to visit

And this deer  also paid us a visit

And of course Gwennie always brings me warmth and comfort

 We took Gwennie with us to make the acquaintance of Mary's Little Dickens

And they got along quite well!

Mary and Dickens are having a grand time bonding

Mark enjoyed meeting the little Dickens too!

Gwennie and Dickens were a little shy at first, but ended up having a wonderful time together

We all were awing when Dickens cuddled up with Gwennie

Of course this is one of her favorite spots, at Mary's feet

Dickens is a wonderful addition to the family!  

And she has really brightened up our winter.... puppies are a great way to chase away the Blues!!!!

Christmas 2012

 Christmas happened for the Hatton's in a couple of locations.... from last to first, here are some pictures of our on-going celebrations

Grandma was able to read quite a few stories to Patrick, George and Becca.
Good practice for Library Story Time.

Sledding was one of our activities... here George has a ride on his dad's back down the hill

Mike took a solo run down the hill

This run was fun for Becca, on her dad's back.

Mike kind of belly flopped on this one!

Becca going down on a saucer!

Annie, Tyler and Shotzie resting up after the sledding adventures.

                                         Cecilia is hoping that next year she will get to go sledding too

Annie and Tyler posing with Annie's gifts from Chris and Steph

George loves presents

And his mom!

Becca with her purse and sparkling head band makes a fashion statement

Mark and Gwennie picking our tree, earlier in Decmeber

And I liked it too!

The tree and our candles on the fireplace

Mark's turn to put the angel on the tree

View from the window after first snow fall

Gwennie looks so great on Mary's Turkish Rug
Next year Mary's Dicken's will be doing the posing! 

We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at Mary Kay's

Grandma emptying her stocking

Uncle Tom

Christmas is fun!  

Mary brought Mark a cup from Greece

Tom checking out his presents

Mom rec'd really cool black boots as a gift!

Mark enjoying my iPad... he discovered you can ask it questions!

Tom wearing his Popeye shirt Mary brought back from her world tour.

Laura enjoying something funny that I am sure I said!

Deb taking a picture of me taking a picture!

Meg and Cecilia graciously posed for me

Pat showed off his Fez that Aunt Mary brought him from her world tour

Meg looks good in the Fez too!

The year of the drum... here is Nick opening his

George gives it a try

Nick is a natural drummer

Mom with the sweater we gave her

Deb is wondering where all of her wrapping paper has gone to

Dad with his 20 button Concertina

His guess was an accordion - so he was close!

Great Grandma Hatton with Cecilia

The iPads were very entertaining

Grandpa Harry and Cecilia getting to know each other

Is Bruce talking to an empty chair?

Ralph loves when I take pictures.. especially of him!

Mom and Dad's angel outside their house, and yes, she is wearing sun glasses!

Mark with part of his present from Chris and Steph

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that 2013 brings us all new adventures.

I have more pictures from 2012 to post... I sort of fell off the blogging wagon for awhile (I also fell off of the exercise wagon... so i have quite a bit of wagon travel to catch up on in 2013!)

Jan

PS Thanks Meg for your inspiration today... two posts in one day!!!!!