This is the 8th Christmas that we’ve gotten our kids together with Friend and Doc’s boys.  I did a flashback photo series on this last year. We celebrated Christmas with them last night, and threatened all the children who were threatenable with not getting to open their presents until we got a good picture of […]

And my wish is that the kids – who I usually have to drag out of bed, kicking and screaming, will actually sleep in. HA! In other news, the Webmaster – the son and grandson of Christmas tree farm owners – let me buy an artificial tree yesterday. Here it is: The Webmaster commented, “You […]

No Flashback today, because Tad has preempted it. Every year, the kids come home from school with some kind of craft that they have made and wrapped up at school as a present for Mom and Dad.  Last year, Ane made a calendar that we used over by the computer for the year.  Sometimes it’s […]

Once all the Christmas cards went out (aside from the straggler here and there, and the few that I will hand-deliver), I knew it was time to put the pedal to the metal and BAKE LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW. Unfortunately, when I went to prep some gingerbread cookie dough, I discovered I only had 1/3 […]