We had a wonderful Christmas season - all the kids were home (except Sam - we'll have to catch her later!) at one point or another and we really enjoyed seeing them.
Eric & Heather were here for a week, they left on Thursday because Eric had to work this weekend. They are both doing so well in school - really great grades (except for Organic Chemistry - and that is admittedly very hard!). They're both working too. Heather starts a new job in January, so we're looking forward to hearing how that goes.
Lauren has been biking (80 miles yesterday) and reading Lord of the Rings (a gigantic novel!). Oh, and she's been taking care of her new baby donkey's, which were born within hours of each other on Christmas Eve. They're doing fantastic, despite one of the mother's rejecting her foal - but the other mom adopted it, and now she's feeding both of them!
Chach has been vegetating this week - I think de-compressing from his busy school/work clinical rotations (which he starts again next week - Internal Medicine! How exciting!). He spent ~ 60 hours so far this past week playing Skyrim, which is a computer game (not sure what it is, other than some big soldier-looking guy who battles constantly - but it does have really cool graphics!). We missed Sam for Christmas, but we got to Skype her into some of the activities - I thought it worked surprisingly well! Amazing what technology we have nowadays.
Lisa has been doing alot of cooking and baking the past 2 weeks. I think we're all full and ready to go back to our normal diets! Today she had a "Donkey Party" and invited alot of families w/small kids over - they all loved seeing the donkey babies, chickens, rabbit, and turtles. She's also trying to finish her latest quilt.
I have a couple more days off, then it's back to work. Spent yesterday raking and mowing up about a billion leaves! And today/tommorrow will be expanding my garden - I want to grow more vegetables this year, so we'll see how well it does. Let's hope this year brings more rain than last!
It's New Years Eve now, and Lisa & I are having a quiet evening at home. Chach & Lauren are at the beach down in San Louis pass tonight - I guess fires/fireworks are OK down there.
Happy New Year to everyone! Love, Dad
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