2025

 I had no idea that I had left off posting FOR A WHOLE YEAR!

time flies?

It certainly does.  Nothing terribley awe-inspiring has happened, just life as usual.  It has certainly been a change to have husband at home all the time.  Not entirely pleasant, but at least we have flexibility to come and go.... except for the grandkids.  We continue to have them every day after school and help ferry them to their various sports, which is at times annoying.  But still, "Making memories"!

Lets see where I left off last year, and bring the important things up to date:

November birthdays and Thanksgiving were quiet but nice with DS the Elder and family

DGD turns 5

DH is even older

 




Thanksgiving



Christmas Eve 

Christmas Day
the best Daddies play Barbies



Our winter did not go as planned.  We had hoped to spend some time down south during the worst of the winter cold, but Snelly's leaks dictated a full overhaul of her front cab-over and that took a lot of time and $$$.  She ended up spending the entire winter (Nov. - April) on the lot of the repair shop but we ended up with a non- leaky camper... and that is a really good thing because we have had a pretty wet summer!


And this is where I found that I had left off over a year ago...again!  So I will post this and move on...


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