Greetings from chilly Grand Rapids. Not a lot of snow, but very cold here. The boys have so much enjoyed sledding this winter. The bigger they get, the more fun it is! Craig and I got the boys an old "flexible flyer" style sled for Christmas, that really flies in the snow. They have loved it!
Our Christmas was here and gone before I knew it. We like to keep our Christmas's as non-hectic as possible, and I believe we achieved that. Focusing on the true meaning of Christmas is always a challenge, but I believe we held true to our beliefs while navigating the comercialism that is now Christmas. We went north a little early to be with my parents, as they are now in Florida for 4 months, to spend a little extra time with them before they left. It was fun and relaxing. The boys built a gingerbread house, which was not structurally sound, I'm embarrassed to say...as the wife of a structural engineer ; ) But if was fun to build....
We got to see my Grandma Clarke who came to Lake House periodically. We played cribbage, which I recently taught Jack to play as well. I always love seeing her when I go north!
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e went to Jim and Sue's for Christmas Eve dinner and got to see Craig's brothers, Chris and Jimmy and their wives.....it's always fun to get together and do our annual secret santa gift exchange...We had not seen Sue since Labor Day, so we were pleased to see her. We spent Christmas weekend with them and it was very nice. We played Blokus......sooo fun!We are plugging along here.....Heath lost his first tooth this morning....he was giddy with excitement! (his new look is tooo cute)
We love to have visitors, so come see us! Love you all!
