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the fourth

We attended a couple Independence Day-related events this week/weekend. We kicked off the fourth by going to my brother’s place on Wednesday night for a cookout (fire, hot dogs, mountain pies, beer, you-get-the-idea). While unrelated to the fourth, we went to a bloodhound demonstration at Canoe Creek State Park this …

memorial day

We kicked off the Memorial Day festivities by attending a cookout at my in-law’s yesterday. Today was dedicated to doing things around the house. Brian and I went plant shopping in the morning and then I spent the afternoon planting said plants while Brian made a batch of beer. I …

easter

We spent Easter afternoon at my in-laws and Easter night watching The Walking Dead. Actually, Jake stayed at my in-laws that night, so I made Brian watch The Walking Dead with me (Jake’s my usual partner in crime for TV watching). I thought it was going to be epic, but …

christmas parts 2 & 3

The relatively short edition… We celebrated Christmas Eve with Brian’s family. We went to their place for supper then they all came to our church to see Jake play guitar at the 10:30pm service. We didn’t get back from church until after midnight, so by the time we got everything …

christmas

We kicked off the Christmas season today and had Judy over for our annual Christmas visit. I made brunch (because it’s Sunday, after all) and then we hung out and talked after opening presents. It was a nice afternoon. As a side bonus, the dogs were on “11” during her …