Christmas in Port Townsend

This year my cousin Squeek came to our family Christmas... (it was so awesome having her there...she played Santa)

along with Wren,

my brother Duane,

sister Darcy,

Mom,

and Dad,

(Dad practicing selfies),

(and Louie, the almost 20-year old cat).

Christmas with my family is typically centered around food. For dinner, Dad cooked a ham, made mashed potatoes, served creamed corn and green beans, and dinner rolls. Breakfast the next morning was biscuits and bacon-gravy. Wren and I gave all homemade gifts... homemade jam, dog biscuits,

yarn (that Wren sheered, carded and spun), our 2015 calendar,

and dried fruit (all from dad's trees).

I got moustache swag,

an awesome old video of me playing racquetball, cash, and a tazer.

Wren got crossword swag, finger-less gloves (me too, and matching!),

and a remote-controlled car. Plus we both got candy, socks,

and other goodies. Squeek gave everyone a sourdough pancake mix starter (which we made into fun christmas-inspired shapes like this reindeer, obviously).

We drove around to see the Christmas lights, watched the movie Paul,

and helped/watched dad with his wood chopper. We went for a walk, saw Darcy's dog Maryah, and made a breakfast scramble for Mom and Dad. We took our Christmas photo (sweet, with a space for Thaddeus, and with sexy angry faces),

and our yearly Sibling Face Stack (with young version of 15yr old Thaddeus in the background).

Merry Christmas family! And special thanks to Mom and Dad!

I love you guys!

Chipp's Juggle Bag!

I made this fire juggle bag for Chipps!

Woot!

Merry Christmas to you!

Twas the Night Before Xmas...

Twas the night before Christmas,

in our Vegas Hooters hotel,

a full day of adventure,

make these dogs tired as hell.

We got a bunch of free stuff,

at a time-share presentation,

and almost purchased vacation houses,

in 61 various locations.

We saw Penn and Teller,

do their magic and funny,
for what we experienced,
we didn't pay much money (worst photo ever).

Shows were our mission,

we saw KA by Cirque du Soliel,

we admired the high production and performers' fitness,

then looked straight for a fatty buffet.

Mac King, he's my favorite,

with his comedy magic show,

Wren got picked to volunteer,

So awesome, right? I know!

We came late to Jeff Civilino,

so they let us in for free, no pay,

he's a street performer gone vegas,

doing comedy circus his way
(though really very similar,
to most solo male multi-circus skill acts,
and a K's Champ-style snippit,
including pie in the face if he drops the ax).

We watched the Bellagio fountain,

  gambled and even won a buck,

Saw Galifianakis with his baby,

And crushed a penny for good luck.

A romantic Vegas Christmas,

Has our eyes and stomachs fed,

We drift off into dreams together,

In our Hooters' king size bed (bed not pictured here).

Merry Christmas! We even got to see Claire and play Koob!

This was a total, Christmas bonus.

Christmas in Spokane

Wren and I had Christmas at the Shean-Schultz's in Spokane this year. It worked out that I got to ride with Margret. That was sweet, we listened to some hilarious stories from cd's she borrowed from the library. I got to hang out with the family for a day before Wren flew in from the Dominican Republic. The initial plan was for me to take the train and get there two days after Wren, but Margaret and I decided to make it a surprise. Cora and I made cookies to celebrate!

It was a great success. Cora, Margaret, and I pulled it off, Wren was totally surprised when I came from the backseat with cookies in hand.

Cutest trio!

Soren "booped" and fell down like this (I am showing him with my hand).

Soren's go-to hand position. This info should be included in the "Boop Goes Boop 2"!

Here's the family Christmas photo... brilliant.

Wren and I have been fortunate enough to have a friend sharing her travel perks with us. Wren has been getting her companion pass for almost 2 years now, and I have the perks of occasional buddie passes. This time, we paid for my ticket home from Spokane (to Vegas for Christmas!). We were gunna have to take 2 separate flights for a bunch of reasons, then found out we might be able to take the same early flight, but then couldn't because changing mine to an earlier one would have cost over 200 bucks, but the lady at the counter worked it out for us! What a gal!

See ya in Vegas!

December Vaudevillingham 2014

I recently acquired (after asking around, then Todd trading a set for 4 tickets to Vaudevillingham) a fireman's pants and jacket. It's totally too big for me, and totally amazing. (This is Chipps wearing it, with Greg stuffed inside!)

So, it was time to put the fireman act on the stage. Thanks to a long afternoon with Rod helping me with the sound edits (baby noises, fire noises, Bonnie Tyler's "I Need a Hero" song), it was Vham draft ready.

I had recently acquired a red long under-onsie with the bum flap (from Anneka's free pile), which, since included in the act is an unsavory striptease, it was my dream outfit for under the fireman costume.

It was also Vaudevillinghams 7 year birthday (we think). So I dressed as Marilyn and sang happy birthday to Vham while Jason blew his leaf blower up my dress, and Chipps finished by confetti cannoning from under the dress too. It was super fun. Days later, a sweet gal named Linda saw me at the Y and said "You were great playing Marilyn Monroe. Your legs were perfect for it".

What a compliment!

Whisky River Show

Whisky's one woman show: The Cowgirl Gospel, and River's white elephant bingo birthday gift exchange... with GF chocolate birthday bingo card cake from his mom and girlfriend!

Whisky (aka Whitney Anne Fliss) is part of the Quarry's Artist in Residency program. It was quite an inspiration.

Collins Classy Birthday Party

Wren and I were lucky enough to attend "Collin's Keepin' it Classy birthday party" at his awesome house. Here's Collin in his Hefner-esque, classy attire.

 He had karaoke downstairs, unlimited drink options, snackie-poos, coinless pinball machines, and a sweet photo booth. Here are some of the booth photos.
 

Birthday parties with photo booths are always so fun! Thanks Collin! We look forward to celebrating with you again next year!