Here I am zonked out on the couch. Must have been all of the tryptophan in the turkey. Someone check my pulse or hold a mirror under my nose.

Why do people hunt for fun? No one nose (knows) why. I think it is a waste of animals. It makes me mad to think people are out there hunting animals, especially when some are endangered! Sometimes poachers even kill elephants for their tusks and sell them illegally! I can understand if you hunt because you need the food, but if it is just for fun, I think it is dumb.

Jesse with her new keyboard

Home for the holidays
We stayed home for the holidays this year, after traveling the past several years. We had a great family Christmas. Art cooked a turkey breast and all of the trimmings. Katie and Jesse teased to open presents on Christmas Eve (apparently a Rackliff and Coulson family tradition). Laurie wanted to wait until later in the day on Christmas so that the excitement wasn’t over in a flash first thing in the morning (a Wyant family tradition). We compromised — the girls opened one present each on Christmas Eve, opened their stockings and presents from Santa at daybreak on Christmas, then opened all the rest after breakfast. Ho ho ho.

Welcome to our blog
To keep in better contact with our farflung family and friends, we’ve decided to start a family blog. Check back often for postings and photos from Art, Laurie, Katie and Jesse. And feel free to leave us comments.