Just a Little Love Uncle Claude.....

Just when he thought he was going to get Becca to leave, she turned the tables on him and gave her Uncle Claude a big smoocherini right after lunch at the Hooters in Las Vegas' Sunset Station Casino. It was our last lunch on the last day in Vegas prior to heading back to the snowy mid-West. We enjoyed our trip to Bullhead City and Vegas and hope to get back out west in the near future.

SANTA FILLED MY STOCKING!

Becca shows off some of the things that she got in her stocking Christmas morning. She had to make sure Santa understood that she was staying with her grandparents during Christmas week and that he knew how to find her, which he did.

 VISITING HISTORIC OATMAN

Here, Becca poses with a couple of the Oatman gunfighters following their daily show in Oatman, Ariz. Becca so enjoys visiting the mountainside town halfway between Bullhead City and Needles. Becca also gets a kick out of feeding the burros! This can be a slight problem, however, as the burros FOLLOW you everywhere you go once you feed them!

WITH MOM AT CHRISTMAS!

Here, Biz and Mom take a moment to pose for the camera.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!

In the top picture, Becca shows off her brand new silver sparkly dress (pardon Dad, he doesn't quite know the correct fashion terms. In the middle picture, Mom, Leslie, Biz and Becca all pose for a picture prior to Becca heading off to bed. Bottom, Leslie, Claude and Mom pose for a picture while visiting one of Claude's favorite restaraunts in Las Vegas - The Haufbrau Haus!

VISITING HISTORIC OATMAN

Dad and Becca pose in front of an antique John Deere tractor (yeah, like they really used tractors in the desert!) at one end of Historic Oatman.  Whenever we get back to the Bullhead City area, we like to pay a visit to one of the few remaining old west theme towns left in Arizona (the other one is Tombstone!).

Becca Poses in front of Christmas Tree

Trying on new dresses around our house can be a joy and always must be recorded for posterity's sake. Here, Becca is trying on one of her dresses, trying to decide which one - the green or the red - to wear for her program. The green one won out. The red one, on the other hand, she decided to wear to Bizzy's Christmas Cantata.

We want to wish all of our family and friends the best of the season. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Becca and classmates get ready to sing!

Following two days and 17 inches of snow, we returned to school and Becca's First Grade Christmas Program was rescheduled for that night. So, more than 150 first graders arrived at school in single digit temps and sang their hearts out.

Becca is seen here in the back row, second student in (standing tallest to shortest, Becca is the second tallest in her class!). The program was wonderful and the kids all did great.

Merry Christmas!

Becca poses in front of the school Christmas Tree following her first grade program.

Wishing all a wonderful, Merry Christmas!