I think when you look in at your OWN Blog to see if you've written anything lately, it's time to act.
Christmas came and went. I was happy with the way things turned out. We spent Christmas day at the beach house. There was Kerry, Amy and her family and Bruce and I. Only half the family. The rest were missed, but we were able to Skype so it wasn't as bad as I expected.
Bruce, Ben, Ryann and I left the next day for San Jose to see Steve and his family. We had a nice visit. The cousins are always happy to be together.
This week, I leave for Austin to see Kevin, Steph and the girls. I've had my ticket for a good while so the fact that they are coming to Oregon the week after I return is coincidental. But I will enjoy my time with them and I'm already planning my next trip to Austin.
My niece Judy and her friends John and his sister Paula were visitors at the beach house a few weeks ago. Uncle Jim was already with me there. It was so nice having them visit, but sadly the weather did not cooperate and we had heavy rain the entire time. Judy and company only stayed one night because they had to return to California, but I'm hoping word-of-mouth will help get some of my other relatives to visit. I'm still rather stunned my brother Dick hasn't been here, since I only live a mile from the local casino and that is one of his and Kathy's favorite things to do...make "donations" to the local Indian tribe education fund.
Jim came down with a cold while he was visiting so some of our possible activities were curtailed, but we did manage to visit the Ocean Science Center in Newport and the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville where the famous "Spruce Goose" now lives.
It was sad to see Jim go, but I'm excited at the prospect of my upcoming trip to Austin. I can't wait to see all my babies!
I'll post some pictures of all the aforementioned activities soon.
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