Eight Is Great!

It's hard to believe our oldest granddaughter turned eight just after Christmas!  It seems like just yesterday we were driving from San Antonio to meet Mabel Patrice Peterson.  Man, was she a beautiful baby!   And now she's a beautiful girl!

 She was baptized and confirmed on January 3 by her dad.  Grandma Patrice and Papa Reed gave wonderful talks. And cousins came all the way from Dallas and Arizona to share her day.

Super mom decorated the room and made her an awesome quilt.   And what more could a girl want for her special day than chocolate milk and donut holes?  (highlight of the evening for the kids)

We're so proud of you, Mabel!

New Years!

Welcome 2014!  Happy New Year to everyone!

Our New Years festivities this year were less than exciting.  I worked New Years' Eve, which is typical.  This year there are three pediatricians in the office so I thought it would be so much easier.  Wrong.  Tad was on vacation and Christina ended up having the flu.  Since she was on call, I ended up taking her call, since you can't send someone with the flu to see new babies.  She went home at noon, which meant I ended up staying late.  I got home around  8pm pretty exhausted, but had to take a 256 vignette (long question) test that I had to finish by midnight to complete my accreditation for 2013.  ( I guess that makes me a procrastinator.)  I finished barely in time to welcome in the new year with our lovely fake champagne.  Except that our bottle opener wouldn't open the bottle.  Which pretty much summed up the evening, so we went to bed.

The next day started off better with a long run with Mike and a PR.  Couldn't ask for more than that!

Bring it on, 2014!