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The things that aunts can do...   Asher came over to meet his Alaskan cousins not knowing his feet would get painted.  

Popsicles are fun because they not only taste good, they also make for good photos of adorable children and their tongues! good memories!

Christmas cookie fun (chaos) !! Water fun! When will this EVER happen again? Storytime after the bath.

Christmas 2016 started early this year with the arrival of Sarah, Andy and Lucy (dog) from Ft Worth, Texas ...all was well but got even better with  the surprising arrival of Nathania, Aria and Storman from Anchorage, Alaska. They all stayed for a week...wonderful chaos compared to our now quieter retirement days. Nathan's daughter Ava was here a lot to play with her cousins. The day after Christmas was strangely quiet after the last ones left. I took three naps that day in between coughing fits...a special gift from S. Tuesday was laundry day and Wednesday was an unexpected day with Ava and then 3 hrs at New2you. I hope my cold is over before the 5th of January, the day we leave for Jakarta. For the first time in years I was able to answer the question: What do you want for Christmas?  All my wishes were fulfilled...besides the one where ALL the kids were home for Christmas. iPad Air, binoculars, photos, can opener etc I can't wait to see the pictures of our fa...

Sarah and Andy drove up from Ft Worth Texas with Lucy dog. Nathan and Ava and Charlie dog live in GR.   So do Aaron, Julie and Asher and behemoth Walter. I was happy that they were all going to be home for Christmas. Nathania and the kids were going to be missing!! Until in they walked on Monday!   It's been  a great busy week#!!

Sarah thinks our house is way tooooooo  cold!!

And more on the way...

You know how the song goes.. It snowed last night.  The world around here looks a bit whiter, cleaner, perhaps happier.