Dec. 22 Holiday Dinner

We had such a nice time hosting a pre-Thanksgiving dinner with friends and family that we decided to do it again for pre-Christmas. The meal was a bit more casual this time: with beef stew and salad instead of ham.

We'd hoped to have both Ds there, but LMS2* was really sick, so couldn't make it. :( But we had lots of good company with Sarah (whom we literally hadn't seen in years -- she's wonderful), ETC, Mr. Wohlwend, and Pat and Sam.

Present time!

And Sam finishes the stew. :)

* Here's how my FIL explained "LMS" to Sarah that night: "'LMS' is 'Lovely Mrs. Sorenson.' This one" -- he points to me -- "is number three, Dawn is number two and my mom is the first one."