Howdy all! Hope everyone had a fantasimal Xmas-Chewbanikka-Kwanzaa week. Rood, those toys are sa-weeeet, brother! Sorry we didn't make it down to L.A.. had we known everyone was going to be in town, we woulda done so. The day was good here.. ate some bird, Haylee tore into many a present and did pretty good.. lotsa books, which is always good.

On a down note, I'm not sure how many of you knew her, or of her, outside of Aaron and perhaps Eric, but my Godmother, Shannon, died a couple days before Christmas. She was one of the sweetest, sharpest, kindest, most full of life and extraordinary people I've ever known. The world is a little less bright for her passing.