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These are Angie and Mark’s Cousins.  (L-R) Mark, David Rowley (Senior Journalist Major at Iowa), Angie, Ben, Joshua, Tim Rowley, Brooklyn Barton, and Jackson Barton.

Well I feel better now that I’ve had time to burn through the 10,000 calories I consumed yesterday.  Not only did I eat 3/4 of the almond bark pretzels that were there but I took on a full course Christmas dinner as well.

For the firs time in memory I did not have dessert after the meal.  OMG what is going on here.  In fact I didn’t eat any dinner or anything else until breakfast this morning.  I actually feel normal again (what ever that is.)

I like this image of John (Jeanne’s Dad.)  He is 88 and still pretty robust considering all he has been through.  His daughters sometime give him a hard time but so what if he takes a nap ever so often.  He’s entitled.  Hell if I make it to 88 I’m going to get fatter than I already am and start smoking again. 🙂

I liked this image of Jeanne and Jay lovingly admiring their great-grandson and grandson.

I hope you have some great Christmas memories of Christmas – 2010.  I am thankful for the fact that I didn’t have to travel this year.  I think there have been 4 times in the 34 years that we have been married that we didn’t travel at least 3 hours for Christmas.

Every day I count at least three of my blessings for that day.  There are so many that when I try to narrow it down to just three it is hard.  I am thankful for my family, for my friends and for my work.

Oh yes, and I’m pretty thankful for this little guy coming into our lives as well.  Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy the rest of the Holiday Season and be safe.