New Year’s Eve 2005

On New Year’s Eve, we celebrated Christmas with our New York family. We started at home wrapping presents and preparing food; then met at 1:30 at Loretto to celebrate with Margaret, our mother and grandmother. We had cookies, candy and orange juice, since it was right after lunch. We spent most of the afternoon with Mom and then went to Sara for a mad frenzy of cooking, eating and gift opening. It was lots of fun in spite of some delays and frustrations in the cooking department. There was lots of hilarity. Graham brought his new keyboard to both venues and played for us. Graham also played chess with Erwin and Keith. We had pork tenderloin, roasted root vegetables, squash, mushrooms, cranberry bread, apple-cranberry pie and date bars. Sparkling grape and wine. And probably lots of other things I’m forgetting.

Keith's Sweetie

photo by Keith Taitt, New Yeaer's eve 

Sisters

Sisters, by Mary Stebbins. Sara and Erin on New Year's eve. Click on the photo to see larger.

Sara and Mary New Years Eve

Sara and Mary, New Year's Eve, photo by Keith Taitt. This was at Loretto. Click on the photo to see Larger. 

B'l'isle Fountain with Mary and Keith

B'l'isle Fountain with Mary and Keith, photo by Harry Teichert. Click on the photo to see Larger. 

The new keyboard emerges, Christmas Morning

The New Keyboard Emerges, Christmas Morning, photo by Mary Stebbins. Graham finally gets to see what's in that "huge" present. Click on photo to see larger. 

Graham Christmas Morning

Graham Christmas Morning, photo by Mary Stebbins. Click on photo to see larger. 

Mary and Keith Christmas morning

Mary and Keith Christmas morning, photo by Graham. Click on Photo to see larger. 

Keith with ribbons

Keith with ribbons, photo by Mary Stebbins. Christmas eve at ML's. Click on photo to see larger. 

Keith on Christmas Eve

Keith on Christmas Eve, photo by Mary Stebbins. In the bus stop along Lakeshore during our afternoon walk. Click on photo to see larger. Another version of this is posted to No Polar Coordinates.

Peering into the Wardrobe

Peering into the Wardrobe, photo by Mary Stebbins. Click on photo to see larger. 

Graham Falls Out of the Wardrobe

Graham Falls Out of the Wardrobe, photo by Mary Stebbins. Click on photo to see larger. We went to see the movie, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and loved it! And yes, we read the book first!