anniversary, band, Christmas

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so i started this a month ago, got a little distracted, and forgot about it.  oops...

we had quite possibly the best anniversary ever (for us, anyway).  j surprised m with a night at the castle, as in all night without children.  this was m's 1st night away from children in 6 years.  it was lovely and refreshing and wonderful.  it was a friday night.






on Sunday, we packed up and headed to limon for the annual Christmas celebration.
 from limon, we headed to ia.  the girls slept almost the whole way and they went back to sleep after we arrived.  the quiet in the car may have been why j found it harder to drive overnight this time around (or it might be age or staying up to late the night before).

then there was Christmas with grammy d





Christmas with grandma and grandpa p
 a was overjoyed by everything as only a two year old can be
c analyzed everything before declaring it the best Christmas ever

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