The Holidays are Over

Here we are already, enjoying one last day off as the holiday season ends and we go back to the routine of life. One fun outing we took during this break was a visit to Hope's house. The water was pretty high and Micah offered to take the kids on a boat ride. That's not something we normally do in the middle of winter so it was especially fun. Most of the pictures I took of the little boys were a little blurry, perhaps because a lot of motion is involved with wrestling and nerf guns! The kids are so cute and the house remodel is beautiful.

New Year's Eve was our traditional get-together with the Trowers. In the morning, Will had to verbalize his annoyance about the one day of the year that you are forced to stay up until midnight whether you want to or not. At his age, he prefers to be in bed before that. But Andy was pretty smart, he got him to talking about ham radio antennas around midnight and Will perked right up.

Here is a picture of a non-traditional New Year's Eve - 1999, when everyone was hyped about Y2K so Will was on the job. I let the boys have their own little party with Tyler and Jeremiah, and this photo shows them ringing in the new year with sparkling cider - Tyler, Craig, Jeremiah, and Eric.

Then yesterday was our final big family gathering as visits from the brother from the Yukon and the brother from Indiana overlapped for one day. I must share this picture showing the mirth that ensued after a "whoopee cushion" found its way under the cushion on Carol's chair. You can see that John and Galen obviously enjoyed it. Whoopee cushions are not a normal part of our usual dignified Troyer family gatherings (unless Mark is in the area). But when Jewel's family is around, you never know what might happen!


HAPPY NEW YEAR!