Christmas 2021

 We spent another quiet Christmas at home this year.

Making cookies

Each kid has their own little tree to decorate

Lego houses (Santa, elf, and gingerbread)

Cool treasure-X and necklace

Yeah Legos and earrings

Stephen and Rachel's wedding part 2 (IRL)

 Stephen and Rachel renewed their vows and had a fabulous party at a hotel in downtown Philadelphia a week before Christmas.  We stayed a few days extra to see the sights.

Mr. & Mrs. ready to party

Christmas tree in front of city hall

Famous Love sculpture

Holiday tree

Another holiday tree

light show at city hall

The Liberty Bell

Congress Hall

Fall fun

 Kids back to school F2F, and more things open led to a busy fall.

Lunch at the Cricket club (first time in almost 2 years)

Birthday at Auntie Dawn and Uncle Bob's

First day of school

Ice cream birthday cake

Home made raspberry macarons for Maddy's birthday

Petting the chickens at Connor's farm

Steve Jobs and Minecraft creeper for Halloween

Vacation at Rocking Horse Ranch

 We wanted to go to a dude ranch out west in 2020.  Not ready to deal with the pandemic-related air travel hassles, we went to a dude ranch in update New York.  We went riding every day, and enjoyed other fun activities.

Ready to ride

Watching the horses move to the stable where they sleep each night

We enjoyed the water park

David tried his hand at fishing

Panning for gems

Campfire sing-along with marshmallows

Family-friendly acrobatic (and magician, and comedian( shows at night)

Mascot one-eyed black Jack the cat

Cuddles with another mascot

Saying good-bye to the horses

Zoolights

 Checked out the very cool light show at Franklin Park zoo.