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)…