Christmas Eve 2009

Christmas Eve... Mitch and I to Maytisiaks for early dinner. Home to visit with Etta and Kath for a couple hours, catch up. Candi not having a good day so stayed home and went to bed early. Mitch and I watching a movie and posting to Blog. Will set out early and head to Garys. Mom got lots of calls this week, Butchie, Glad, Frank and Conley all calledmom, spoke to Bobby and Tami too this week. Looking forward to a week off work and a new year.

Christmas 2009

Mitchells 23rd BD Celebrated @ BJ's with Grahams and Ashley.

Mizpah Celebrates Holiday brunch at High Tides restraurant on Pedro Point - Great Crepes and company - Some headed over to Cow Palace for Charles Dickens Fair. Mom stayed home. Mitch, Nick and Tom invited their moms for bowling for Silver Saturday night... fun break for all us mom's .

Cindy down from Washington, Elaine, Spencer and Cameron stopped in for a visit.

Jennifer and Adam Noce dropped by after her trip down to Ariz to visit with Claire after Lloyds passing. Colleen holding up early christmas present of our family picture from Nov weekend when we were all together.

Christmas Mantle, Christmas Tree and presents 2009


Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving - spent over at Maytisiaks - was like glide memorial had 4 tables of 6 at least. Mom dropped in for appetizers and then headed home to rest up.

Dinner was great with lots of new faces, played a great game of cooties and got to know all the guests. Mitch and the kids played a few horse race games outside.

Picked Michael up in Los Banos before his trip home to Laramie after a week home with folks.

Dec 5, headed down to Kristens Baby Shower... here she is with her mom Joanna and mom-in-law Linda. Not ready to pop until Feb - she is expecting a Girl - Colleen will be a great grandmother!

Evie B took trip down to Coarsegold with me - here she is helping to decorate Big Tree house for Christmas. Evie was our babysitter on Serena when we were just kids.

Rolph "Big Bear" dropped in to say Hi!

Can't believe we are nearing the end of 2009... lots happening around here. Lots of visitors and enjoying the hustle and bustle of the seasons.

All her Kids and Grandchildren

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Hughes Family.

CC is looking more like her old self every day. A slow start to the season, will put up the tree and decorate this weekend we hope. All we have up is the candle wreath the Dawsons sent up. Had a good birthday celebration for Mitch last week. Will stay pretty close to home these next few weeks, it is really cold this time of year so keeping all bundled up. We will spend some time with Gary's family after Christmas. Hope you all have a great season.

Pre Thanksgiving Weekend.

Dennis and Bonnie arrived on Wed night and spent 6 days and 5 nights with us. What a wonderful week. Lots of activity and visitors in and out. Thursday we took a trip down to Moss Beach Distillery for lunch after mom got a hair cut. ( Heather and Mitch got cuts too! Dennis and Bonnie went to SF to visit Tracy and Greg for Thursday eve. Friday we headed to Costco and I became a member (yippee) Did some Ross shopping. Heather and Matt got in that evening and we all visited for the evening. Bonnie and I did prep work for the big barbeque on Saturday. Saturday morning we went to the Art exhibit on the point and Dennis and Matt fed the llamas. Bonnie and I went on to the church boutique and bot a few Xmas gifts. Gary, Joanna, Kristen got in around noon. Candi came up for the day. Mom sat in wonderment as we all gathered to be with her this weekend. Tracy and Greg came down for afternoon BBQ and Dennis went into SF to pick up Father Mickey who spent a few hours with us in the evening. Michael got in from Wyoming late flight but mom was still awake when he arrived. Sunday we had a big brunch and learned a new card game "Fruit Salad". Most left us on Sunday and Monday was our day of rest. Big weekend for all and mom will get some rest this week. She will flip thru all the pictures and remember her special time with all.

Mom and her kids below...

Grandma and the grandkids... (two great grandkids on the way Early Feb and Mid May 2010)

Mom and the girls...

Dennis, Mitch and Joanna enjoying Sunday Brunch...

Mom and her boys...

Mom and Mike all the way in from Laramie...

Mitch and his creation...

Father Mickey, Dennis and Bonnie...

Tracy and her mom, Bonnie

A littlie fuzzy but all I could get, Kristen and Grams lst Great Grandbaby. on the way...

Happy Halloween!

We had an unexpected party last night when everyone ended up at our house. A couple of pizzas in the oven and a few batchs of margarita's and all had a great evening... lots of little kids showed up at the door. Mom sat in her big chair with "the Boss" hard had on. I wore my queen crown and mitch dressed like a gangster from the 20's. Kids played some board games. Mom was up with us till 10 and enjoyed the hustle and bustle. Slept in on Sunday and Mitch turned the clocks back when he got up at 3 p.m. (I mean 2 p.m.) I have Wed off work this week so hoping to get started on cleaning up for the November visitors. We talked to both Kristen and Heather this week... both are doing great growing their babies. We can't wait till they are here. Kristen has a shower on 12/5. Heather will have her shower in early March. Mom is feeling pretty good these days, down a few more pounds but that is ok. She had her share of candy this week so may put a few more back on.

October 24, 2009

I can't believe we did not take pictures...Frank was here twice this month, coming and going from his trip back east and down from Port Townsend. Yesterday we had a great visit with Jerry and Terri Hipps - they are doing great and Mom was so pleased they stopped in to visit. They were disappointed in our fog as they drove up from over the hill in his new little Mazda convertible. Mitch and I keeping busy and hope to decorate the house today for Halloween. I'll add a picture when we are done. Getting excited about our Mid November guest list and testing out a few new recipes... only one has approval thus far. Jenny and Adam stopped by a few weeks ago so we could purchase our xmas wrap and cookies for the school fundraiser. Think I'll leave that camera on the kitchen table to remind me to snap for the blog next time and told mom to "remind me" she of all people should be on my case. Mom is doing good. Blood test looks good so back to just pain management for now and pushing the fluids - appetite not so great but keep encouraging her.

October 2009

As Anne at work said " I haven't blogged for awhile" we have been pretty busy. Frank drove down from Port Townsend in route to Illinois and points east. He left his car here for safekeeping and will pick up on Tuesday 10/13 on his way back to Palm Springs. He had a great two day visit with mom. He brought out old pics and scrapbook that belonged to Aunt Dorothy. They had a grand time plowing thru it all thanks to Nancy who thought they might enjoy that. Mitch got to test drive the Jag and pick up starbucks on the morning coffee run.
Heather came up right after Frank left, barely had time to change the sheets... she was up to continue studies in Santa Rosa , had a five day class. so we got to spend lots of time with her and good to catch up on everything that is new and exciting in her life. Mom, Mitch, Heather and I got out to dinner at Nona's on Pedro Point one night for dinner. Mom fidgeting and took a trip to the car to lay down while we waiting for her dinner to be served. She is a much better companion at lunch, but by diinner she is just too uncomfortable. Heather will return on Nov 18 for big family gathering up here (I'll get the week off from work - yippee).

Mom's blood test came back good and she got a flu shot last week... everything is fine. She seems to be taking her pain med every twelve hours but that is what they are there for. As long as she takes them regularly she functions, is alert and happy and still collaging her pictures. She watched and supported me, this week, while I was busy with the Mizpah Annual Quilt show at the Sanchez Adobe, which I co-chair. She even attended for a few hours with a little arm twisting. Here she is below, with Jeanne and one of Jeanne's creations over her head. We have several of Jeanne's quilts and could put on a show of our own.... you can see lots of them hanging on the banister at the exhibit. I just love staging the event and doing all the little detail work to make this a fund raising success. All the funds we raise go back into the Pacifica Community and high school scholarship fund each year. Nancy, Melinda and Kelli all bought a chance on the raffle quilt and will be anxious to know if they won or not (Sunday afternoon at 4:00 is the drawing) The event keeps us all busy and what a great group of friends we have.

The Sanchez Adobe Oct 10-11 Mizpah's Annual Quilt Exhibit. Many of Grandma Hill's quilts are on display each year.

Here is Mom with Jeanne

Just a few of the rooms.

Sept 2009

Labor Day Weekend we entertained Nancy, Melinda and Kelly. They came in on Saturday and we all went down to Kenny's for mom's favorite chinese food restaurant. Sunday morning we headed down highway 1 and had lunch at famous local Duarte's in Pescadero and spent afternoon exploring all the local shops - then hit Main street in Half Moon Bay. We were all surprized at Mom's stamina. Monday we spent the morning together and has a lovely brunch together and reminensed and looked at lots and lots of pictures.

Mom spent the week resting up. Gary came up the following weekend and helped Candi take care of some medical appointments. Following his visit, Etta and Joan came over and took mom to lunch at Nicks - they had a great time catching up...

August 2009

Another Trip to Coarsegold this time to pick up Mitchs belonging left there after his Mather Summer Job . We had a wonderful Paella dinner at Gary and Joannas and Kristen, Jason, Heather and Matt joined us. Mom quietly ate all the cashews out of the nut bowl so did not have much of an appetite at dinner but she loved being with everyone.

Bobby and Peter dropped in last Monday after selling a house here in Pacifica... Good Job Bob! - we had so many laughs and that is always the best medicine. Thank you for that gift always.

Sorry it has been so long since I updated. Linda got away for a couple of days Camping in Memorial Park with Gary, Joanna, Heather and Kristen. Bobby and Peter came down for dinner te last friday in July. Was short but sweet. Nothing else much going on while we awaited Mitch's return from his summer work at Camp Mather - He came home on Aug 1 and we are all resting easier and getting caught up on household projects. Mom continues to have visitors and frequent phone calls. Tami dropped in while Megan was taking surfing lessons in Pacifica last week. And we got a snap of Rolph (" she used to change my diapers)" and Kathy. Mom had a great check up at Dr. - awaiting blood test results but her blood pressure is good (without medication) and was told to cut back on the "ensure" as she does not need to gain any more weight. Heather up for 5 day conference in Santa Rosa so was great to have her here for the week - can you believe we never took one picture! Looking forward to visitors Labor Day weekend, Nancy, Melinda and Kelly. And Dennis and Bonnie near Thanksgiving. Where does the time go?

It's been awhile since our last post. Last weekend took a trip down to Coarsegold as Mitchell had Friday off we we met up for a short visit. We miss him terribly and can't wait for him to return home in two weeks.

Heather came up for lunch and then Kristen and Jason came up for Dinner with happy news... they are having a baby next February. This will be mom's first Great Grandchild. Another Goal to meet!

This weekend I took mom out to the Sr. Citizen Community Center Giant Rummage sale. She was looking forward to it all week. She was looking for more picture frames for more collages, but they did not have any worthy enough. We took a quick run over the hill to Aaron Brothers penny sale and picked up a couple more for her - that should keep her busy for a few weeks. After our shopping we stopped at Kennys for the traditional Saturday "Filet of Sole" special. Set her all up at home with collage project and lunch then I took off for a few walks around the track at Oceana for the Relay for Life - American Cancer Society Fund raiser. I participate with the Friends of the Quilt Lady ( to honor Sharon Hale) Here is Jim and Jeannie and Alan and John. It was a good day, except for once I got home... Jones had cornered a baby skunk on the patio. He got a good spray so right into the shower for us both. Ousted the house and Fabrezzed the carpets and furniture... hope it all disipates by the a.m. He won't be sleeping in my room tonight... sorry about that Jones. You have to choose your playmates more wisely!

Happy Father's Day - to all the great Dads!

You know who you are... but we spent Sunday missing a few good one's. Here is Etta and Kathy who just flew in from New Jersey for the Week - enjoy your stay. Those shades are not becuase of the "sun in Pacifica" - they are just protecting the eyes from the "glare thru the fog". We are so glad you were able to squeeze in a short visit and get caught up. Look at mom's tee shirt - "Sexy" and her hot pink hooded leopard skin velvet jacket.... She still does keep us chuckling.

Here she is walking over to Ashley's graduation party Saturday. Congrats to Ashley for getting her BA at Univ of Santa Cruz. What a wonderful party - always a good time with the neighbors!

Mom sat for 1/2 hour and then headed back home for an afternoon nap as her back was hurting. Her blood tests came back and everything looks good! Yippee.

We had a great phone call from Mitch on Friday - he is enjoying the work at Camp Mather and settling in after two weeks. Forgot a couple of thing, so we sent him a care package on Saturday and it should arrive Early next week.