Dec
31
pics from CA trip
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Rachel and Micah recently took a trip to Southern California to visit Rachel’s parents. Here are a couple pictures from the trip.
A photo shoot on the beach, at Oceanside:
And my personal favorite. This is Micah on the plane ride home:
That’s my boy.
Dec
28
a new nephew
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Micah is no longer the youngest member of my side of our extended family. My younger brother and his wife had their third child today: Grayson Noah. He weighed in at 6 lbs. 4 ozs., and was 18 inches long.
I’m sure it’s a burden off of Micah’s shoulders to no longer be the only boy of his generation in our family. 
Congrats, Kevin and Staci!
Dec
25
Santa solves the sleigh problem
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A week ago I voiced concern that Santa wouldn’t be able to make it here without any snow. We learned last night that apparently he figured out a solution to the problem. I should learn to have more faith. He rides through every street in the city … on a fire truck:
When my brother and sister-in-law came running down the stairs with their girls last night and rushed outside, we wondered if maybe it had started snowing. It hadn’t, but they knew Santa was on his way because they could hear the sirens coming. Apparently he makes his way through all of Stafford this way every year.
It was the weirdest thing I’ve seen in quite some time, but for everyone here it was a typical Christmas Eve event.