WE JUST GOT BACK FROM CHRISTMAS IN MEDFORD AND HAD A VERY GOOD TIME. SAW LOTS OF PEOPLE, PLAYED IN THE SNOW AND HUNG OUT WITH FAMILY. MAX WAS SICK JUST ABOUT THE WHOLE TIME, BUT MANAGED TO LEARN HOW TO WALK AT GRANDMA AND GRANDPAS HOUSE. WE GOT TO SEE THE TWO NEW BABIES, AND I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT EMILY ALSO BIRTHED OVER THE HOLIDAYS. NEW YEARS WAS AT NICK AND CONNIES, WITH LAST MINUTE FIREWORKS AND VERY TIRED KIDS, WHO GOT SO LUCKY AS TO JOIN US AT AN ALL NIGHT DINER UNTIL ABOUT 2 AM. LANCY AND VINNY GOT TO BE NAUGHTY THE WHOLE TIME, WHILE CARTER ARGUED WITH ANYONE WHO WOULD TAKE THE BAIT. ALYSSA TRIED HER HAND AT BABYSITTING AND SEWING AND SOME LIGHT HOUSE CLEANING FOR GRANDMA MAR. SHE LOVES TO HELP EVEN WHEN NOT WANTED. ANDY WORKED UP AT THE NEW HOUSE AND HOLLY GENERALLY ATE ALOT OF CHOCOLATE ( WITH CONNIES ENCOURAGEMENT AND TOTAL SUPPORT). AND THAT IS AS CLOSE TO A CHRISTMAS CHAIN LETTER AS I'LL EVER GET.
