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 Mark and Barb hosted, same as they have for years now. A feast, easy-going company, gifts for the kids–peaceful day.  Thank you for doing this again.  Everyone loves being here. With lots of love, Val

 This is not a morning crowd, and a virus has been running through the house. But by 10 am everyone was ready to see what Santa brought. Lovely morning. Love, MOM

Merry Christmas, love, Val

So good to have her home. love, Mom

It’s the week before Christmas and kids have had colds and the energy is super-duper high.  We went across town and watched these guys on Saturday night.  That’s my grandma’s old couch. I hear it’s excellent for napping. No, I don’t know why he’s wearing a tin foil hat.  And she decided her grandpa was

 The programs were sweet, the kids sang and managed their way through, so cute. Cookies were eaten, juice was consumed. love, Val

My parents came, and I snapped only a couple pictures because I have this thing where it feels rude to take pictures in church, even with the camera on silence and no-flash. It was scripture and carols and Jolly Old St. Nicholas Merry Christmas and love, Val

It was a long week, but a good one, culminated in cooky dough all mixed up tonight and the Ritz Bits coated in chocolate by Kari and Julia, Chinese for supper. Okay the funny part?  I love that Heidi’s Christmas Tree fell over while she was working.  When you work from home, who knows what

 It was a busy Monday–both those baby girls are mobile, and there’s only one of me. The dog’s water dish is a major attraction, as is anywhere that isn’t a baby proof zone furnished with actual baby toys. One is a climber.  The other one has learned how to stand holding onto things, but is

I walked around, checking the locks. We don’t lock the doors all that much, but at the end of the day, yes. We have a lockbox on one of the doors, so any random kids can get in, but the rest of the doors we have no keys for. Maybe we were given some when