We have puppies!  Tiki and Launi had their last litters. we have a total of 11 between them  Tiki only had 4 so has taken one of Launi's to give Launi a break. We got our loan for our mobile home and are preparing the area we will be putting it on.
    Roy has also been working like a dog on the seasonal creek area. We just love it down there. The rain has brought much turbulence in the stream. Unfortunately we think the goldfish have been washed into Lake Oroville. Our Dam can only do so much when there is a torrent coming down.
   We are almost completely over the bug we had at Thanksgiving. Going to Portland to see Julie brought back some unexpected sickness. We thought we were going to die! We had a nice Thanksgiving at Kate's house in Stockton. That was so nice of her to have us over.
    We are going to have a quiet Christmas again this year. It has been kind of nice to just relax in a way. We sent Nate and Jared's packages yesterday and some for Kenny and Julie. Plan on getting together with Lisa and Jenny on New Years to exchange.
    Sadly my sister Karen lost her husband Jim after 40 some years of marriage. He is in a good place. We will miss him.
   We found out Nate will be home March 19th. Hopefully our mobile home will be in place by then. Don't really expect him to stay around long since he plans on heading to Utah.  so all is good for now.