We had the Stark Grandparents over for Christmas this year. The kids managed to get through all their gifts in a single day – they’ve become more efficient as they’ve gotten older.
New Year’s in Bonny Doon was spent around the woodburning stove, keeping warm as rainstorms rolled in off the Pacific. The weather did clear long enough to go hiking in seach of mushrooms and banana slugs, and to make lemonade from freshly picked lemons.