It’s not so much that I’m ready for Christmas to show up. It’s more that I’m out of time to get anything else done, so I’ve hit a wall in what I can accomplish. I’ve been keeping a to-do list since Thanksgiving weekend, and it just kept getting longer.  I did manage to get most […]

This is the tenth Christmas that the kids have spent with Friend and Doc’s crew of boys.  You can see previous pictures here, here, and here. There are now EIGHT CHILDREN in this picture. Maybe next year, everyone will smile all at once!  (Fingers crossed!)

We had Auntie’s friend JZ take some pictures of us for our Christmas cards this year.  Auntie served as her helpful assistant.  She got several good shots, and I thought I’d share some of them.  You might see one or another of these in our Christmas card this year… Happy weekend, everyone – just a […]

I am doing my usual crazy menu of Christmas treats right now.  I am getting the thumbs up from Rerun on each one (since he’s around when I’m baking when the older two are at school, and since Thumper can’t sample the goodies, Rerun ends up being my official taste tester). So far, I have […]