And Then Suddenly it's December!

On Friday it will be December! My last post was in early June. I have now been retired for nine months. I have to say retiring in the spring time was a good idea. Spring and summer were super fun. And now it's fall and we're raking leaves and getting rained on. But I'm still loving retirement.

The end of June we did another 2 week trip, but this time we stayed at the family cabin on the lake. The first week was my regular family reunion, we had a small group and my kids did not get to come this year. But we had fun. The second week my friend and her daughter and family came to the cabin. My sister and her husband stayed also. It was fun to see the excitement of the kids seeing Yellowstone and so many things for their first time. And we made deep fried scones with honey butter and they were so delicious.  

My friends from Sacramento came for a visit in July and we went to Paradise at Mt. Rainier. It's so beautiful there. It was a cloudy day, so we couldn't see the mountain. 

In the summer I did a hike at the Summit at Crystal mountain with a group from the Senior Center, it was a lot of fun. I also took my friend up to Sunrise at Rainier and we did some more hiking.

In September my daughter Natalie and I flew to Boston to visit my niece Lillie and her family. It was a really good trip, seeing the sights, eating, playing in the ocean, seeing the big mansions from the early years of the East Coast.

I just got home on Friday night from spending some time with my son in St. George and meeting my new 7 week old grand daughter, Arabella. She was born early and is so small, but so cuddly. It was fun seeing all four girls. And the weather was beautiful.

Amoura age 3

Grandma Trudy with Arabella

Avea and Annelise

Cedar City Temple

We had our Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday with Wally's family. Christmas preparations are now underway.