Dang!

Bud and his parents couldn't make it to Sacramento last night, but will be here later today.  So, our trip to Reno is off for another six months or so.  Bud will have to have his experience with snow another time.

It is a bit chilly in Sacramento this morning.  Heat should come on automatically in another  hour and one half.  I am currently  debating as to whether I should turn it on manually right now.

The front room is stacked with gifts for mom and the kids.  Kirby won't know what is going on (only two months old), but Bud (15 months old) might just be a riot.

We will have Xmas morning here with the kids.  Peter and Laura will then  head up to Grass Valley for Xmas with her family and the rest of us will head down near Elk Grove and have Xmas dinner with Bud's other grand parents (Vicki and Chris).  (It will be a long day.)

After we get  home, we shall start preparing Spook for a trip to Palm Springs, San Diego and Fullerton.  Hopefully, we shall be able to get out of the cold for a couple of weeks and re-connect with old friends in Palm Desert and San Diego.

It has been a very good year.  Hope we have another one like it.