Mixed bag with this set. Some I am pleased with, some I just took because I needed to. Whatever the case, here’s the next 10 in this series.
Day 11 – Miranda’s Horse (hand built by her Grandfather, my Pop, Hugh)
Day 12 – Reading
Day 13 – Flights of fancy
Day 14 – Bareback
Day 15 – Clean-Up (make-up)
Day 16 – Dinner (make-up)
Day 17 – Me
Day 18 – Whee
Day 19 – I’d like to buy a vowel
Day 20 – Playing Horsey
When I got my Nikon D90 last year I tried taking a photo a day. That was my only guideline, so it failed. I had no end date, no theme, nothing. On top of that I kept forgetting to take a picture. I would get home, finish my day and as I was preparing to wind down I would remember. I hated that. But, since it failed so spectacularly, I am going to try again.
This time 50 photos, 50 days using the 50mm f/1.8. I started January 1st and will end…50 days after January 1st. Then I might try another shorter length project. We’ll see. Here’s the first eight. Already I have two days where I did make-up photos the next day.
Day 1 – The new book
Day 2 – Um, shouldn’t I be put away?
Day 3 – Camryn
Day 4 – Sharing her flowers
Day 5 – Tea time (make-up)
Day 6 – Wrist shot
Day 7 – Sunrise (make-up)
Day 8 – What’s happening on the other side?
Christmas for us is always a multi-day affair. We get to make our rounds and see multitudes of family and spread the holiday out over several days, if not weeks. For the Enloe Household Christmas began…
December 19: Christmas with the Hitchcocks. As is our tradition, we do Christmas Eve with Mandy’s grandparents, however it does not always work out to be exactly Christmas Eve, as was the case this year. We went over early to spend the day with Betty and Bebe (Mandy’s grandparents), Cliff (her dad), and the Woodman clan (Tom, Christy, Hailey and Camryn). We had a great ham dinner (technically lunch since we at close to two) and then tore through presents. We visited and just hung out and enjoyed each others company. We departed around 5:00 PM and were then off to our company holiday party in Spokane while Miranda stayed with her cousins.
December 24: Christmas Eve at the Hitchcocks. Wait, we’re back here? Yup. The gifting of Christmas Eve was done early as the Woodmans had a scheduling conflict (which frequently happens this time of year) but we returned along with Cliff and his “gal” Mary Lou for another dinner, this time prime rib prepared by yours truly (although cooked by Betty). Again we got to hang out and visit and play cribbage and Uno. A truly fun time.
December 25th: Christmas Day Part 1: Christmas at Home. We woke (rather Miranda did) early Friday morning for our Christmas proper. We wore our Christmas pajamas (Mandy and Miranda in Mickey Mouse and me in Homer Simpson) and opened our stockings and then gifts. Miranda wasn’t quite into the ripping and tearing things open; she did a bit but for the most part let us tear into her gifts. Mandy was pleased to see her Back2Life machine and I was surprised to see a Kindle 2 (more on that when I get through the photos). It was a great morning followed by a big, homemade breakfast and then, packing. Wha-?
December 25th: Christmas Day Part 2: Christmas in Missoula. We packed up and loaded the truck and hit the road for Missoula, Montana, where we had a hotel suite waiting for us. We had made arrangements earlier in the month to meet my folks and brother and sister-in-law half-way (about) in Missoula for Christmas. With Mandy’s job it’s nearly impossible to get much (if any) time off around Christmas; December is the biggest month of our year and what time is available goes fast. On top of that, this year we just didn’t have any time off to take by then. Luther and Victoria have teachers time off and usually fly up from Atlanta to spend time in Monarch with the folks. To prevent any one group from having to travel the full distance, we met in Missoula instead.
We arrived early and checked in and settled into the suite. It had two bedrooms on either side (one with a king and the other two doubles) each with their own bathrooms. A smallish living room and kitchenette finished out the suite. It worked perfectly for the seven of us. After we were all there we spread out food everywhere (most of which Luther couldn’t eat) and we grazed most of the night. We did presents, naturally, in our fun slow paced way, watching each person open their present and enjoying the looks of surprise and pleasure on their face. We then watched the Hangover (Unrated) and stayed up too late. We had loads of fun.
December 26th: Post Christmas Drive. The next morning we all went out to eat breakfast together before we packed up to drive back to our homes. Mom and I had a circus of a time trying to get a luggage cart down to the first floor with the rocking horse Pop built Miranda. The cart had a wheel that wouldn’t turn and somehow we went up to the third floor rather than down to the lobby. We got a hell of a laugh out of that. Once loaded, though, it was time for the drive back. We said our goodbyes and went on our way, happy for our time together, however short.
December 27th: The final Christmas of the year was held at Mandy’s mom’s house where we again joined by the Woodman clan. A nice ham dinner (again at lunchtime) and presents of course followed. Miranda got to feed one of the horses a carrot and saw a deer as well.
All in all a successful Christmas season for us again this year. We were able to spend lots of time with our collective families, which at the end of the day is what it’s all about.
Yes, Virginia, Christmas is tomorrow. The question this fact requires is, where the hell did the time go? It is quite amazing how having a child completely throws off your sense of time. You know that it’s nap time, or bed time, or bath day, or time to go to day care, but major events such as holidays and birthdays no longer have any connectivity to relative time. They are weeks away and then suddenly, tomorrow. It’s a strange effect. In this case, Christmas went from being two weeks away to two days and we found ourselves with a bundle of unwrapped presents and much planning and packing required for our Christmas day trip.
This year Christmas will be somewhat different as the Enloe Clan will be gathering not in Monarch, Montana, nor in Coeur d’Aene, Idaho, nor in Atlanta, Georgia (which we have never done but should do some year soon); instead we will be holed up in a hotel in Missoula, Montana. This will allow all of us (James, Mandy, Miranada, Hugh, Janet, Luther and Victoria) to be together this year for Christmas, and none of us have to make the full 7+ hour winter drive. We will only be together for about a day, but I’m looking forward to it as if we get to spend a week together. Luther and I don’t get to see each other but once, maybe twice a year (if we’re lucky). As such, I’m quite thankful that we will be able to spend Christmas day together.
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