Thousands of words going on here!!

We had a photographer come on New Year's Eve day to take some family photos.  It was tough rounding up 30 people, 15 of whom were under the age of 12!  But we pulled it off, and I will be sharing them here and there over time.  Here a few candids that were fun to see.  Last year we poured cement and did handprints of the grandchildren - so we thought we'd have them put their hands down again - it kind of didn't work very well!  As you can see - they did the handprints last year one at a time - and they don't all fit at once!

Calvin was getting tired of waiting I guess!

The lovely Miss Ida, with her sweet, shy smile.

When we didn't try it with everyone, it worked a lot better.

We keep trying playhouse shots - they don't always work but it's fun to try - as you can see, Lars wasn't into it!

The sibling group shots always invite some clowning!!

The gray haired matriarch with the snowy haired patriarch!!

At least it was a lot of fun - after the initial anxiety of rounding everyone up!!

Watch for more - if you're interested that is!!

Look what the years have brought us!

The Terrill family holiday celebration usually begins on New Year's Eve day - with breakfast at Clocker's Corner - and watching the morning workouts at Santa Anita.  This year was no exception - and the wonderful SoCal climate certainly co-operated.

 

Always wonderful to have Bonny, Bruce and their 4 lovely daughters here with us.  And Bonny was one of the first to welcome the lovely Miss Rhoda Primrose - the newest Terrill grandchild.

 

Harry, Dawn and family - Porter is shown here with them - are local and we get to see them often - and consider that a blessing.

 

Phoebe and David once again made the trek from Oregon - with their 4 great kids - the party really can't start until Phoebe comes!

 

Eliza, shown here meeting the handsome Mr. Deacon Sterling, came with husband Matt and 3 great kids, all the way from Virginia - they are good sports about adjusting to long flights and time zone changes.

 

Looks like Hannah is having a serious conversation with husband Robbie - she is holding the lovely Miss Rhoda - they too travel from the DC area.

 

Noah once again is living with us, but in years past he has often had conflicts, so we are grateful that he's been with  us for all of the festivities.  He's holding the lovely Miss Rhoda also. She gets held a lot!

We had a photographer come the afternoon of New Year's Eve day - so hopefully we will have some wonderful grandchildren shots to show you.  We rang in the new year, the men in the group are doing a 30 mile bike ride tomorrow, we walked to downtown Monrovia for dinner at Rudy's, we had a Terrill Holiday Party with extended family, we did lunch at Souplantation, some of the kids and grownups saw Frozen, we had a first ever Family Film Festival that will become a new tradition I am sure, exchanged gifts, we wrote predictions for 2014, read the ones from last year - surprisingly many were quite accurate - others were just funny, enjoyed one another's company, and we are looking forward to being together for Deacon's blessing on Sunday.  

Phoebe had come on the 28th and needs to leave on the 3rd - after the men do their traditional Korean barber experience - and the women do manicures.  Eliza is here until the 8th, Hannah until the 13th, so we are looking forward to continuing good times!

Too bad school has to start for me on the 5th!!