Trying to Get My Groove Back

Yikes, I have pictures going back a month that I haven't posted. Lucky for me I don't have a lot of Christmas pictures to share as we were here in Arizona while the kids all stayed at (or near) home. Peter and Jessa (above) spent Christmas in Pennsylvania with Jessa's niece Amelia, who was sick so everybody wore masks.

Brad and I spent a lovely Christmas day in Phoenix with his brother Barry's family and with Brad's parents. I don't have pictures of people, but I do have a picture from the drive up there when we saw the most amazing rainbow in Tucson on our way out of town.

John and Troy stayed in Fort Collins for Christmas. On the 27th, a contingent of their Tufts friends descended on Fort Collins for a New Year's reunion. As you can see, they showed them the best of what Fort Collins has to offer. (Or as Troy called it, Take Your Friends to Work Day.)

I spent the end of December and first few days of January in California with my mom and sister. When I got home our closet installers arrived and we got a much improved master closet (above) and kitchen pantry. What a difference they both make. Then last week the electricians were here and we got twelve new recessed lights installed. Now the house is not only much more organized but it's brighter too.

Last weekend we had our first visitors since our niece Lauren was here during the move. Brad's mom and dad got to see a little bit of Tucson on a lovely weekend.

Then last night our neighbor from Long Beach, Eve, visited. We had a nice dinner together and she stayed the night before heading north to Sedona for a weekend with family.

Lastly, on Tuesday John was in the finals of the mock trial competition at his law school. We all watched it live and had a fun text thread going with all of our observations, both serious and funny. (Mostly funny.) Above is Mary's reaction to seeing John seated at counsel table. John and his partner did great and it's hard to believe they only have one semester of law school under their belts.

After a marathon three hour session, John's team was declared the winner! Here he is with his partner, with the opposing team, and with the three judges.