Great-Gran and the service economy

It's good putting older folks to work. 

Zoe and Granny-J

 

Happy girl

 

Owen supervises

It can be hard to get competent work out of your parents unless you really stay on top of them. 

Owen going to the dogs

Owen really, REALLY liked Rosie and Max. I'm not sure the concern was mutual. 

Owen and Daddy cook

It's not pudding, but Owen and I had fun working on the mashed potatoes. 

Turkey consultation

No one wants to poison the guests. 

Making an entrance

Owen enters a room with a greater expectation that folks are looking at him than most B list celebrities. I love that about him. 

John and Zoe

Zoe and John developed a really close relationship while we were in Lincoln. Perhaps it's because Owen is the Welsh version of John, so Zoe felt that John is similar to her brother, only with a name that has fewer connotations of musty peat. Perhaps it's something else. Regardless, it was very nice to see them together. 

Zoe, Great-Gran, and John

 

Zoe and Great-Gran

Though, truth be told, I think this is kind of an odd photo. 

Zoe's game wear

Zoe wore this for the Husker game day. 

Get your Fash-on!

I love that hat. 

Lights!

Owen is really into the Christmas lights on the tree. 

Inherently dangerous activity

Recognizing the dangers in tree assembly, Owen required me to wear a helmet. 

Christmas tree!

Here, dad and Owen "go to the tree farm" and "cut down a tree" by assembling the factory made one we bought a few years ago.

Owen was very nice about complimenting me on my work as I went along. 

Sea of Red

Below are some shots from Owen's first Nebraska game. I think he was kind of freaked out by a lot of it, particularly how everyone yelled when Colorado was trying to make a play on defense, and how everyone wore the same color.

Also, he really wanted to play with a truck outside the stadium. 

Too much talking

Owen wearies of my analysis of the game. 

The Pride of All Nebraska

is apparently not Owen or Zoe, but this group. 

A tense third down

Owen nervously watches a third and long on one of Nebraska's first drives. 

Instant Replay

Owen watches the instant replay on the big screen behind us.

He was pretty dismayed about the quality of some of the officiating. 

Perhaps distressed about the First Quarter

 

Zoe on a chair at Sue and Mike's

 

Indulgent

Zoe really likes to laugh as she claws the person she's sitting with. Terry doesn't seem to mind. 

Raking

I know this looks bad, but keep in mind (a) that child labor laws don't apply if you don't pay the child and (b) that we had a LOT of leaves that needed to get raked.