Christmas 2023 is in the books.

the stickhorses were a hit. had the kids go around in a circle taking turns opening one wrapped gift each and holding it up. they all opened the cousin crew shirts together on the count of 3. there were some tears in this years snowball fight. got some future baseball players, it seems...

so. time to start all over again buying Christmas gifts. ideas for next year:

Lego set for everyone

family pic on gazebo?

hmmm. thinking its about time I made a Christmas village....🎄🎅☃️🍭 of course it needs a Bigfoot and some other cryptids. I can change the names of the store buildings. of course need a mysterious warehouse that no one knows the purpose of. and a backstory on all the townspeople. and a town curse. I love Will Ferrell's village. I'd start with Zak Bagan's The Haunted Museum. naturally.