We were lucky to be the Christmas guests of my brother Jason and his girlfriend Leslie again this year.  Jer and I rode down with Dad and Mom in a rented minivan, and Jill and her girls flew in from Houston.  Great roads and the roomy van made the 14+ hour trip tolerable with a 1 year old.  She was a pretty good sport, but slept for markedly less time than during last year’s trip!

We enjoyed the warm weather, awesome kids, a fabulous dinner thanks to Leslie and a few helpers, meeting Leslie’s family, a trip to the zoo, a bit of shopping (girls and kids), some target practice (guys), Christmas Eve at Uncle Dougs, visits with Grandma Barb, great food, playing in the rocks, watching Curious George (at least 5 times)…

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We had Jer’s family here for Thanksgiving, and it was a WONDERFUL time!  Aspen enjoyed being thoroughly loved on by her Grandma Cindy, her uncles, and her auntie.  The weather held out for safe travels both ways, and we even got outside for awhile for some leaf raking, hot tub filling, rock climbing and downtown shopping!

 

 

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Well, since it has been forever since I have posted, I thought I had better start somewhere!  These were taken a few days ago, when I decided it was time to see what Aspen would do with some paint.  As you can see, her preference was to rub it all over herself.  Some of it made it to paper, but most did not.  Later, I thought I should have just stuck a piece of paper on her belly and transferred the paint!

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