Today was the day that the Niels had their family Christmas… So we use the day to do some last-minute shopping and Diane spent a good portion of the day making a wonderful assortment of Christmas cookies… All and prep for sharing for the rest of the week… Shopping was kind of crazy… The cookies were wonderful !

Keep came in just before nine that night in the three of us went to the tuna café just down the road from Maxis… It was a great way to start the vacation with Gabe.…

It was very good having the whole family together… Of course… Having a whole family has a different meeting now… But sam was with us every step of the vacation. We feel his presence every day… Even more strongly when we’re all together. We miss you buddy

Then we went by the house to say hi to Max and Becky and Beckys Brother Dansister in law Elizabeth Who had also just come in