Dublin Family

 Pop, Granna, Mark and Jessica joined us to celebrate Christmas this afternoon.  We had fun exchanging gifts and ate plenty of yummy food.  Socks were the unplanned theme this year.  I gave Mark socks with Peter's and Gus's pictures on them.  I also gave Jessica socks and she gave the kids socks.  Mom gave me VT socks so I got socks too.  

 Covid strikes again and kept us from attending our traditional Christmas Eve service at church.  However, we were able to tune in live to a virtual service from the comfort of our family room.  We are safe, healthy and grateful to be together.  

 Paxton turned 14 today.  He is continuing to grow (quite literally!) into a nice young man.  He continues to excel in school and was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society this fall.  He is currently playing on the 8th grade basketball team and plans to play football in February when the fall sports season starts.  He has a nice group of friends that he enjoys playing Minecraft and Fortnite with on his new gaming computer.  He is an excellent strategist and his new favorite board game is Risk. We continue to be proud of our firstborn son.