Bringing in the New Year in Virginia

 Old Man Winter dropped 8 inches of snow on the midwest delaying my flight to DC from December 20 to the 23rd.  Shelley arrived on the 24th and stayed until Jan 4.  Nice having all of my family together for a few days. Bert & Batty surprised me when we drove up to a different home.  They had bought a new house and moved in Thanksgiving week end.  They now live in Sterling, VA.


                                                                    Christmas Day.

James & Carol Filibeck, their 2 children Ezra & Kendra and Carol's mom were at Bert's with us

 

Yummy log cake

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James and Kendra

 

Brian and Ezra playing

 

As my whole family were together for a few days we decided to have a family picture taken.

We donned our purple shirts again and went to the Library of Congress.  The white marble made a nice background.  We did have to dodge a few people,  There were a lot there as it was cool and rainy out and people wanted to be inside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Batty and Brian flew to Thailand on December 30.

New Year's Eve we spent with James, Carol and family having a fondue. 

We came home fairly early as Bert had an early flight to Florida on the 1st.

I came back to Manawa December 18 for a couple of weeks to get ready for my next adventure..