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Ahhh you guys are so cute. Love, Mom

These pictures are from yesterday.   It was warm and rained, turned all the snow to thick, chunky ice. Jay’s working out of town so I had to bring back the trash cans–very carefully tippy toe in the ice, one by one. Did not fall in the puddles. Today Heidi called early in the afternoon and

Barb made Jello Jigglers, Kari’s favorite. A deer went strolling through the back yard, see it down in the left hand corner–it took me a few seconds to get my camera out. – – – I love Barb’s Christmas decorations, the fancy Santas and cute, fun things everywhere. These guys are always happy to be

– Midnight Santa, always sweet. This is what I saw in the morning when I opened the door to check on the kitties. !!!! This one was all docile-like in a small nest. Christmas night Kari was home, so we had Midnight Santa, Round 2: – – And this is the dog who stole the

– Dan and Alicia hosted after church. They always have a beautiful tree. – Kirsten hosted this auction game, which was a screaming hit.  They had numbers to hold up to bid, fake money, and they fought it out.  I love this. – – – – – – Thanks for preparing a delicious meal and

Our family party was on Sunday evening, after the play. Very nice evening. He worked on the meatballs for hours, well worth it. – – – These two: – – – – – – – Gifts! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

This sweet girl was in the play, and they’ve been working on this for months, and what a nice job. That’s her second to the right in the nightcap, one of the grandparents in Willy Wonka. And in another role: – – – Ahhh, with her Aunt Jean, her great-grandma, and her regular grandma: –

Yesterday, opening gifts, so nice to wish you happy birthday. The past year has been great, and the year ahead is looking better than ever. We appreciate your patience and kindness, your sense of humor, and the way you make things special and sweet. Happy birthday with so much love, Val and Jay and Everybody

The weeks are going by fast this December, and yet I haven’t bothered to put any picture up or anything. Cookies are all baked. These were frosted and went out in the mail today. The concerts have been wonderful. There are some talented kids in this music program. This was the Christmas program at the

Dani has taken to ripping up cardboard for entertainment.   She doesn’t care to be outside in the cold alone, comes right back to the door with all her pent up puppy energy, and she can’t play with the cats all day. They get tired of her. We got these done. Saw some youth basketball. They