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Hodge Christmas party

Every Year Warren's family gets together with his mom's side of the family, the Hodges, and we have a Christmas Party in Simi Valley CA. Usually it is at Bruce and Dottie's or Denny and Diane's house but this year Bruce's son Tom and his lovely wife Becky hosted the party at their house which I must say was absolutely gorgeous. It makes me pine for the older architecture that Las Vegas is sadly lacking. It was also great because their house is set up with a playroom for the kids so this year all the kids had something to do rather than looking at us adults all the time wishing we would take them home. :) So I think we should do this again.

There were several funny events of the evening. Every year someone ends up with a very large pair of purple panties, Becky was the lucky recipient this year. But to add to the fun underwear department Tom donated a racoon pair of underwear which Diana was happy to receive.

Diana first picked out a set of those turning push up handles....she tried to say that they are pushups for her chest, hence the push up picture. But Sandy was not put off and took it from her. I like Ron's Captain Morgan pose, he is a hilarious individual and definitely perks up the room.

I was the lucky recipient of a turkey Fryer which Becky and Tom were kind enough to put in as a present. (don't tell but we stuck it back in their garage..Shhhhhh.....) >:D and Warren picked a reed diffuser which he kept because I wanted it. :) Aren't husbands wonderful?

For Christmas Eve we are going to Warren's parent's house, Linda And Dave, then Christmas day we will hang out with my folks. I am looking forward to this two week break, I'm sure I won't get very much of my things done but oh well, it will just be nice to relax a little. Hope everyone has a merry christmas, Love you.

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Juke box

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Update on everything

Well my goodness it has been quite a while since I have posted a new blog. Sorry about that. I just have been very busy with teaching and everything else we have been doing. I took some pictures of my art room at JD Smith so everybody could see where I spend my days teaching. :) It is a great room, with lots of storage space. I would like to paint it a different color because the yellow is a little yuck.

My birthday is October 18, I told the kids about it and they were so nice. They sang happy birthday to me. I got a couple stuffed animals and some really cute figurines. Then the kids decided to write happy birthday on my white boards so I took pictures at the end of the day to show the final result.

The students just love writing on my white boards. I don't mind since I can just wipe it off. We have been having a great time. I think I will be starting up a website with my student's work on it so I will post that when I get it going.

For Nevada Day we went to Sequioa National park with our friends Tara, Travis, and their son Stetson. That was amazing. Our campsite was gorgeous and not busy at all and the trees were awesome.

Our campsite was surrounded by oak trees. Then there is a river that runs through the canyon where we stayed and it is full of big granite boulders. Really I think it was the most beautiful campsite I have ever stayed at. So we shot photos for Tara and Travis's family photos for christmas. And really with a setting that beautiful you can't really mess it up.

The trees were huge. I never realized that they are that tall. And they are soft so if you cut one down you can't really use the wood for anything.