Rats!

Christmas in Albany.

Jennifer and I spent Christmas Day with Mother Entwistle and the family.  It was great to see AJ in town and to meet his wife, Eden.  

Mother received a special Christmas present.  We brought her a stuffed rat.  I think she's going to name it Elaine.  It's best not to ask why about the name or about receiving a rat.  There really is no why.  

Anyway, Elaine was a big hit.

 That's as close as Lillie would get to Elaine the rat.

 Mother and Lillie have matching p.j.'s.  Merry Christmas, Albany.  

When we got home we had another bonus.  Both boys were here at the same time.  It's tough rounding them up these days.  We did our annual time capsule, where we pick our favorite memories of 2012.  We decided that we'll wait five more years and then review the 15 years we filled out these sheets.  It was an easy year to fill these out for all of us.  Joey moved to and from Washington and has a new girlfriend.  Bret had his experience with the Army reserve.  And Jen and I moved our lives to the UK.  Plenty of new memories and experiences this year.