791225V_ and 091225V_ Xmas

Turkey and dressing. Best dressing ever 2009.

Baby Sydney, Toddler Carrie. Dad and I with Carrie.

091226V_Days after Christmas 2009

Sydney arrived after Christmas Day after she got delayed at Baltimore. A good time was had by all.

091231V_Snow Man

100116V_The Heart Remembers

The Heart Remembers
The fires of youth may die away and sink to crimson embers. . . .
The high romantic dreams may vanish --- But the heart remembers.

The heart remembers everything; the buried past is there.
The rapture of loves first delight; the joy and the despair.

The faces and the friendships and the names of long ago ---
Lie beneath a drift of years like leaves beneath the snow.

The sorrows and the happiness --- gay June and grey Decembers.
The music fades, the roses perish. . . . But the heart remembers.

~ Patience Strong 1945 ~

091225V_Christmas 2009

020000V_Sydney's Mission Homecoming

Gina, Gene, Dorothy, Becky, Scott, Sydney, Carrie Vanatter. Carrie's husband Scott Motley.

091205V_Heartland Flier Amtrak

I love the train...2nd level seat with laptop accessible power. Pretty near perfect trip. Four hours through the night on the way to Mom's. Then spending 3 1/2 weeks in the 'snow zone". Fun time. Let's do it again !!