It was great to have all the Kent and Kathy Wood family home for the holidays! This was our first time ALL together in FIVE YEARS! Now the house is eerily quiet and Holly is a little depressed. She thrived on all the love and attention. Pretty soon it will be even quieter with Christina off to Peru for four months and Jason looking to move out in the not too distant future. Here we are with "Gabby" Gail Wood on New Years Eve. We were thrilled to ring in 2009 with our beloved "Gabby!"
One of our unique memories from this year was Holly's initiation into inebriation. We awoke on Christmas morning to find her completely unable to walk, and covered in vomit. We rushed her to the emergency vet clinic, where they insisted she was exhibiting all the classic signs of being "drunk!" How could this be in our completely "dry" household? While her blood work up was underway, we remembered: a double batch of roll dough had been tossed into the garbage (a long, sad story ...). Holly had gladly downed this yeast and sugar concoction by pulling it out of the trash while we enjoyed our Christmas Eve feast inside. Hence, her groggy flopping across Dan (shown here) later that night and her "drunken stupor" the next day.
A day of nothing but water rations and sleep had her up and about on the 26th! 
We were joined on our expedition to SF by Eric's buddy, Spencer.Anyway, the holidays were great fun while they lasted - even our rainy day celebration of Kris' birthday on Jan 2nd in San Francisco. We've never seen it more crowded at Golden Gate Park, so we opted for the beach instead
and tried to find a place for lunch to meet Kristen's one request: not sushi. So where did we eat? A Japanese restaurant, of course! We all ordered teriyaki chicken or salmon, or tempura - except for Kris. She ordered sushi! She was always cheerful, no matter what, and endured the Wood penchant for spontaneity versus planning ahead (this is more of a Stone tradition) like a seasoned "by the seat of her pants" flier. One would think she was meant to be a part of this family!!
Well, silence is not so golden, in my opinion, but we will endure it until the next chance we have to be together again!
Posted by Kathy Wood - a hen whose chicks have mostly flown the coop
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It was a happy day for him when he gave us our new lives, through the truth of his Word, and we became, as it were, the first children in his new family. JAMES 1:18 LB
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