We hope a very Merry Christmas was had by all.  We had a nice Christmas with all the out of town Mitchell’s.  Being so far apart, the gatherings are less frequent so it’s very nice when schedules allow us to all be together again.  We had some great game nights and Luke kept us all well fed with his incredible cooking (if you haven’t had the pleasure of Luke’s cooking, you really need to come out for a visit…I guarantee the food won’t let you down…no promises on the weather though).  We even had a friendly gingerbread house design competition…Rebekah took first with her intricate design, Aileen took 2nd with her ideas stolen from everyone and Grandmother was 3rd with her choice of the most delicious treats and log cabin appeal.  Ryan attempted to place by adding Aileen’s nativity to his finished product, didn’t win but a definite honorable mention.  Duty is calling me to DaVinci.  Here’s to an excellent New Year’s full of family, great friends and good times.