Here are Ben and Arrion up close, with
Larry's head - sorry about that, Larry!
Ben's sister, Sarah, was in on the
computer, I guess.
I took the picture.
Here is another, but with Brenda's
father, Bud, joining them.
This is Nancy and Bill with the
Thanksgiving Turkey...
This has been a hard winter in the
midwest, and Branson in particular.
They had 13" of snow about the 10th of
December - more than normally received in the full season. Then it
stayed cold. The sun melted some snow, and turned it to
ice.
Here is the cabin on December 16, with 6
inches of ice in the driveway (just left of center).
Three weeks later, the ice was still
there!
Notice by the door, just to the left of
the car, I chopped out a bit of the ice. Solid!
In the meantime, we spent nearly two
weeks, over Christmas and New Years, in Phoenix!!
A couple days after Christmas we drove
down to Tucson, had lunch with Allison, and looked around to see all
the changes since we left in 1994. We also visited in the afternoon
with my uncle and aunt, Leo and Ida Marie Kinnick, and their son,
Kelt, visiting from Norway. Here they are:
and here we are, too!
Their house was decked out for a
Christmas "tour of homes" in the mobile home park where they live in
their double-wide with additions...
Meanwhile, in the Valley of the Sun:
Harvey the RV, with Annette and Larry was
parked in Apache Junction.
We stayed in Mesa, but, enjoyed visiting
them regularly.
Some good pictures of
the RV and surroundings
Here is great picture of all of us,
except me (Bill) taking the picture, in the RV:
In the back are Blake and Brooke, Larry's
children, along with Larry.
Annette and Nancy on the left, Ben,
Arrion and Allison on the right.
The only one missing is Larry's son,
Benjamin, who is in Costa Rica this year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!