Michael & Kristina - making the rounds

I'm pretty sure it wasn't apple juice they were drinking.

Michael & Kristine - which would you choose?

Gone are the days when the bride and groom were forced to stand the entire ceremony, with an occasional bit of kneeling.

All Decked Out in traditional "tea ceremony wear", or "Christmas colors". Your choice.

The cake was good, at least the chocolate mousse layer which we had at table 19.

Vegetable Wellington (with Orange sauce?)

Beef (not Wellington)

Salmon with Prosciutto

Little Ones

The N & Ns - Nike and Ninja.

I think I have shoes that weigh more than Ninja.

Four pounds, headed for eight?

Ninja

Favorite past time, napping........

Check out the BIG ears

Ninja is the lastest addition to the Lew Family, adopted by Lindsay & Cesar. She is approximately 8 weeks old and weighs 2 pounds.

Will + Family + Grad + Dinner + Baked Cod

Congratulations to William!

We all wish him the best in whatever he chooses to do.

Glad we could all help him celebrate.

The best thing about R & G, besides seeing and being with all the family, is the baked Cod. Although I don't believe I've had anything but a seafood heavy menu there, I'm sure everything else is good as well.

It's always a great setting but you have to wonder about those three couples sitting and eating at the top of the stairs with the hordes of people parading past them.

Happy 76 to Great Grandma

Happy Birthday to Mom (Grandmother or Great Grandmother to some). I actually found out that she's 76 now (and Dad is 84). I hope I'll remember from here on out.

That's among other things that I was corrected on tonight. Including when Dad actually came to the US as a child. I don't know where I got the information that I have been passing around for the last 40 years or so (apparently ALL wrong).

Kayla practicing for her next birthday.

Thanks Ed and Bunny for all the planning (and everything else).

And Dina for bringing the cake.

Smokie

We had a tough goodbye to Smokie this morning.

It's never easy especially when they look up at you with those sad eyes.

It's been a rough three weeks after Smokie's bout with pancreatitis.

We debated then about treating him or puting him down. The vet, of course was no help at all. Well I'm old, he said, nobody is talking about puting me down.

We'll wait until he's 100 years old, blind, deaf, and unable to eat or stand on his own before we respond to that one.

Yes indeed, old dogs are their bread and butter.

We'll miss Smokie but he's had a good long innings and we've enjoyed every moment of it.
Well maybe not the last few days.