2007 Wrap Up

The Ransom family enjoyed a wonderful end to 2007!

GrandMather traveled up from Southern California to join us for a few days. We all gathered at the home of the Grandparents Ransom for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Here are some favorite moments:

Papasan and Miss Magoo enjoy the tree on Christmas Eve.

Goobie stole an ornament!

At the piano... then and now.

Christmas morning we have breakfast and open our stocking gifts.
Mather is enjoying her Downey Street puppy. Since puppy is one of her favorite words, we thought she ought to have a puppy up the hill.

Much bigger than a puppy, but just as easy to pronounce... pony!

Mather got into the spirit of unwrapping gifts.

Hooray for toys!!

And musical instruments too!

After Christmas, we flew out to Las Vegas to spend a week with Grandpa Cary and Sheryl. I invited my best girlfriends, Anastasia and Raleigh, to join me in celebrating my 30th birthday. Dad and Sheryl were spectacular hosts and wonderful babysitters... we headed out for several late nights and pretended we were young again.

The girls ready for a night out.

We did a little gambling in the old downtown and I sang my first karaoke on my birthday... Love Shack, baby! Dad and Sheryl gave us tickets to Cirque du Soleil's production of Mystere, our first Cirque show. It was quite the extravaganza, a mix of clowning, spectacle and acrobatics both silly and sweet -- with a dash of spice. Mather had fun too. Who knew that putting a booster seat on the floor could keep a kid so happy?

Repeat, ad nausem.

Oh, and Mather got what she really wanted for Christmas: her two front teeth! The girl loves to eat, and now she can actually chew her food...