Mom and Dad have been busy.
Deck Deconstruction
Mom and Dad are working hard.
January Grandma Meg Visit
Christmas with Grandpa Jim
Christmas with the Coutinho’s
White Elephant
At Christmas in Cincinnati, I thought it would be fun to have a white elephant gift exchange. It escalated, like many things with our family. One gift in particular had a happy ending. The gift contained 100+ pins/buttons and a dozen California Raisin figures It soon passed from Mike to Joe to Jim to Mike to Joe and so on so forth over the course of the stay in Cincinnati. Joe thought he had the best idea to rid himself of the box and brought the box outside and planted it under Jim’s car. Once this was discovered, the contents of the box were safely moved to a secure location, namely another box in Joe’s car labeled “Legos”. I think Joe even loaded it into the car himself.
Below is a brief video of Jim “hamming it up” for Joe and Christa, who are driving off thinking that they have safely left the white elephant gift behind.