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Christmas

Halloween in Berkeley

This are a little late, but we had a great Halloween. Lafe was scared of almost every aspect of the day. He just kept saying. "Pumpkins nice, ghosts nice, gorilla nice," etc but the closer we got to said gorillas the more scared he got. You have to give him credit for trying. We hit the ward party where Adam was a cyborg and I was a fortune cookie. Then we went ticker-treating with the family I work for. Enough candy was gather to make us all sick and very happy.

Halloween 2011

Happy Halloween from North Carolina...

An official picture of Madge and Ethyl

I know- we've all wondered for years what they look like, but here they are in the flesh. This was part of the activities I planned in celebration of Aunt Diane's birthday. You should have seen the look on her face when I told what we were up to next. (we did alot that day...) Any way, with some slight persuading we retreated to a mirror and she did get right into the spirit of things. We had a good time, lots of laughing. Diane and I had a Madge and Ethyl long before we named two chickens on a spit that... I all started when we were younger and making fun of a couple of our old fashioned aunts... I wonder if any of my nieces and nephews do the same... though I don't know, Diane and Denise does have quite the same ring to it! Love you all, Ethyl

Look! I a Flyer!!!

Wa-hoooo!!! Lookame!!! Oh I was very nervous to do this thing. (like why did I have to sign a waver about dislocated shoulders???) But it was all good- at one point the guy took a hold of the handles on my suit and up up up we went- Gasp! I was proud of myself for stepping out of my comfort zone and right into the path of a great big sucker-upper. (it was like a face lift- my cheeks didn't flap at all!) The resulting wind from this monstrous thing can go as fast as 200 mph- though most folks float around nicely at 120- I think he and I together took more when we took off. Spendy, but fun- I hope you're proud of me too. Mom

Rapunzel