In the absence of cute babies to post, I am left with images of the cat and the rest of us adults. Do not despair, next week I will be posting my photos from our trip down to Michelle's house. We will be there for Kimberley's birthday on New Year's Eve.

These pictures were taken Christmas day. We had our gift opening and turkey dinner and watched the Muppets'Christmas Carol, which is getting to be a tradition around here. We used to watch the Christmas Carol with Geo. C. Scott, but I guess that the Muppets are more on our level. Nothing says "Christmas" like a green frog dressed in Victorian-style clothes.

Here we all are on Christmas Eve. We had our traditional Hawaiian Haystack meal. Our friends, the Malones, have been joining us for the last couple of years.

The other night, Ken and I were playing dominoes and our baby decided he wanted to play too. Pretty cute. Two old people and their cat playing dominoes.

In case you were wondering, this is the real reason it is called "Happy Valley." I get to see this every day from my front porch.