Happy Birthday "Moody Cakes"

Christmas, absent Jill & Mags

POP'S TOP TEN

Pops gives us the TOP TEN things overheard over Christmas

• "Can we go now?"
• "Jeanette. Is it okay to take Lipitor with Jack Daniels?"
• "I'm sorry I dozed off, Doug. Now what were you saying about Obama?"
• "Now there's a switch ..... Mike & Merry just sold their Honda"
• "Every year it's the same thing, Richard has a few beers and breaks out the guitar"
• "Hey, look! Charger playoff tickets"
• "I'm going shopping for your present. Do ya want pepperoni or extra cheese?"
• "Hey, Doug. That egg nog's for everybody"
• "For the love of God can we go now?"
• "Attention: please wash your paper plates and return them to the supply closet"

Salmon and Christmas Cheer With Annette & Shawn

Pine Valley Community Church Christmas

Jenny's Star

Christmas 2010

Celebrating Bill's BD & Christmas

Peter "The Hammer" Ottenweller

Our very own Peter Ottenweller has just been awarded the honor of being Sonoma County's next Superior Court judge. CONGRATULATIONS !!

A Small Church Christmas Gathering At Joe & Geni's

From Mimi's Kitchen

Tested & approved for Mimi’s Kitchen:

Cottage Pie

I love casseroles because you can prepare them ahead of time; than simply throw them in the oven when guests arrive..

Serves 6

• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 large yellow onion, diced medium
• 2 large carrots, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
• Coarse salt and ground pepper
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 pound ground beef or lamb
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
• 1 cup dark (porter) beer
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup frozen peas
• 1 large russet potato (3/4 pound), very thinly sliced

Directions

1.    Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon butter over medium-high. Add onion and carrots and cook, stirring often, until onion is soft, 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and stir in tomato paste. Add meat and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until almost cooked through, 3 minutes. Add thyme and beer and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring frequently, until slightly reduced, 2 minutes. Sprinkle flour over mixture and stir to combine. Add 1 cup water and cook until mixture thickens, about 2 minutes. Stir in peas and season with salt and pepper.

2.    Transfer mixture to a 2-quart baking dish. Top with potatoes, overlapping slices. Season potatoes with salt and pepper and drizzle with 2 tablespoons butter. Bake until potatoes are browned around edges and tender when pierced with a knife, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes before serving.

POP'S TOP TEN

Well, Pops and Mimi are into their sixth day of sitting and seem happy there is only one day left till Anne & Robby return from Cabo. Pops gives us the TOP TEN things overheard in the past six days.

• "Mimi, you look like you need a nap"
• "Mom always lets me do it"
• "Damn, where's Anne's index card with all her witticisms?"
• "You take a shower ... "no, you take a shower first" ... "No, you take a shower first" .... No, you take a shower first" ...."no, you
• "Kids, if you're hungry, there's chips and salsa behind my ears"
• "How much longer can I enjoy Josie's cuteness"
• "Maybe now's not a good time to ask to play golf"
• "Doesn't it feel like we're on a two-hour feeding schedule?"
• "Mimi, I'm allergic to no"
• "Owen, look, Mimi's shaking like a bunny!"

"Now do I have this right ...... Anne's coming back and she'll have to do this, by herself, for the rest of her life"

Caleb's Science Project

Cuyamaca College Science Fair winner.... Caleb Murrell.

Andrew's first wrestling match......