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Christmas

Another Christmas has come and gone. Another day of too much food and too many presents. The kids had a great time (as we all did). Margaret got a loom, so now she is starting to weave. Sam got an arduino. He is already better at electronics than I am. Katy got rollerblades that she only wants to use at night in the street. We all got blankets from Marcella. She had these made from various pictures that either she (or I) had taken. Mine was from my picture of the lift at Sherwood. Elizabeth made a pretty cake for Christmas Eve.

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Tree Trimming

We got our tree from the same place again this year. However, with the downturn in the economy, they don’t have as many trees anymore, so the pickin’s are getting a bit slim. We got a fine tree anyway. The biggest reason that we have to have pictures of this each year is because Katy is always convinced that it is her turn to put the star on the top of the tree (she’s only right about a third of the time).

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FLL

Another year, another FLL (First Lego League) team. This year there were more tournaments than ever with more teams. Our team managed to not win any awards at the tournament, but did qualify for the Silicon Valley Regional. They are now busily preparing for the next tournament in January.

Stitches

Sam ran into a girl on the playground and managed to do enough damage (to himself) to get stitches on his chin. He is fine, but he will have something to remember for a while.

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Racing at the Velodrome

We spent the day racing at the local velodrome. The kids really like it (Margaret doesn’t actually like racing against anyone). They had a fall in one of their races. It was exciting, but luckily, no one was hurt. Even I got out there and raced (I was the slowest of the adults, but I beat all the 11 year olds).

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Halloween

Another halloween has come and gone. Again, the family was very excited about it. Sam was TinTin, Margaret was a princess of some kind, and Katy was some form of Mini Mouse. We had lots of people by and Elizabeth set her ‘witch’s den” up in the front yard. A fun time was had by all.

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Coronation

Katy and a bunch of friends went to coronation Saturday night. It is basically a formal homecoming dance at her school. Her date is the one in the tux. She seemed to have a good time. They all had dinner at the Yonenaga’s before hand and ended up there afterwards. She seemed to have a good time. I assume y’all that are her facebook friends (she won’t let Elizabeth or I) know all about it by now.

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County Champions Cross Country Meet

Margaret had a good year this year at Cross Country. She has gotten much faster and finished consistently 6th in most of her meets. She made it to the County Champions Meet and finished 8th. We still haven’t figure out where Margaret got the running gene. This year she did learn that if you work hard at something, you get better. She ran with the faster group this year. She really improved.

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Some Halloween Party

Sam, Margaret, and Elizabeth went to some Halloween party that a friend of Margaret’s was having. They got dressed up. I didn’t go, I am the Halloween scrooge.

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Hellyer

Hellyer

The last few weeks, the kids have started racing at the local velodrome (Hellyer Park). They have a great junior program there. They teach the kids how to ride on the track and gradually get them to start doing some races. Our kids think it is great. Margaret doesn’t like racing with other people, but she seems to win all of her races. Today was the ‘end of the year bar-b-que’. There were medals awarded. Sam got a medal for being happy we think. I get to ride with the kids. It is a lot of fun.