Part 1: Dec 21-22 at the cabin.
Part 2: Dec. 24 - Joan's birthday dinner at Second Home restaurant.
Part 3: Christmas morning festivities at Jen and Dan's.(evening).
Part 4: Christmas afternoon/evening festivities at Emmy and Michael's.
Part 5: Dec., 28 - Anniversary brunch for Joan & Bill (45) and Sharon and Robert (43)
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1. Dec. 21 breakfast (Thalia & Matilda)
2. Dec. 21 cooks
3. Dec. 21
4. Dec. 21 - maple syrup in hair
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9. Dec. 21 craft time
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11. Dec. 21 - The Liptzins arrive
12. Dec. 21 - Matilda, Thalia, Clara, Zach prepare to open the present from Brett Howard
13. Chocolate, cookies, popcorn, pears - what a treasure!
14. Brett's present...Dec. 21
15. Dec. 21 - Brett's present, a concession to children wanting to open presents early.
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22. Dec. 21 - This activity is for 8 years and older (Clara is 5, and is instructing her cousin Thalia, 3)
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31. Dec. 21 - Clara
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33. Dec. 21 - Thalia
34. Dec. 21 - Zippy
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37. Dec. 21 - Clara
38. Dec. 21 - Matilda
39. Dec. 21 - Zach
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44. Dec. 21 - Emmy & Thalia
45. Dec. 21 - catch the bear hanging on the ski pole
46. Dec. 21 - fearless Clara
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49. Dec. 21 - playing with Joan & Ken's cowboy/girl set
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51. Dec. 21 - placid scene (Maisy dozing)
52. Dec. 21 - having just read Dr. Suess' Hop on Pop
53. Dec. 21 - a little screen time
54. Dec. 21 - returning from skiing Joan's Loop (~2 hrs)
55. Dec. 21 - outliers on the age scale
56. Dec. 21 - dinner preparations
57. Dec. 21 - three doctors
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60. Dec. 21 - dinner over
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65. Dec. 21 - Maisy
66. Dec. 21 - another ski trip
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68. Dec. 21 - Dr. Clara
69. Dec. 21 - evening sledding
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76. Dec. 21 - scratch your Yahtzee
77. Dec. 21 - Zippy
78. Part 2: Back in Denver, Dec 24 - Joan's birthday dinner at 'Second Home' restaurant and a visit to the Botanic Gardens
79. Dec 24 - Joan's birthday dinner
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92. Dec 24 - Joan's birthday dinner - Matilda wants' Michael's steak...
93. Dec 24 - Joan's birthday dinner - budding carnivore chomps on Dad's steak bone
94. Dec 24 - Joan's birthday dinner
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99. Dec 24 - Joan's birthday dinner - Joan checks out new smart phone
100. Dec 24 - Joan's birthday dinner - birthday cake
101. Dec 24 - Joan's birthday dinner
102. Dec 24 - Joan's birthday dinner
103. Dec 24 - Joan's birthday dinner
104. Dec 24 - Joan's birthday dinner follow-up at the Botanic Gardens
105. Dec 24 - Joan's birthday dinner - Botanic Gardens diffraction glasses turned the lights into candy canes
106. Dec 24 - Joan's birthday dinner
107. Part 3: Dec. 25 - Breakfast with Jen & Dan
108. Dec. 25: Jen & Dan's for breakfast
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115. Dec. 25: Jen & Dan's for breakfast - Joan gets free (I think) medical consult for pain in thumb
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117. Dec. 25: Jen & Dan's for breakfast
118. Dec. 25: Jen & Dan's for breakfast - joined by the Hartmans (Tracey & Grady here), next-door neighbors
119. Dec. 25: Jen & Dan's for breakfast - Charlotte and Clara
120. Dec. 25: Jen & Dan's for breakfast - Zach and Grady playing Wii hockey
121. Dec. 25: Jen & Dan's for breakfast - Two Princesses Ariel
122. Dec. 25: Jen & Dan's for breakfast
123. Dec. 25: Jen & Dan's for breakfast
124. PART 4: Dec 25: Supper at Emmy & Michael's with the extended Hoke family
125. Katie McKenna (9) and Thalia
126. Matilda with Barry (Pops) Hoke, Michael's dad
127. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
128. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
129. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
130. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
131. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
132. Suzie Hoke McKenna, Matilda, and Mary Hoke
133. Katie McKenna, Suzie, and Thalia
134. Nina and Grandma, matriarchs of the evening
135. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
136. Katie and her father Steve with her American Girl doll
137. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper - children's table
138. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
139. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
140. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
141. Grandfathers Barry ('Pops') and Bill ('Grandpa') with Matilda
142. Zach and Collin McKenna
143. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
144. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
145. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
146. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
147. Dec. 25: Emmy & Michael's for supper
148. Part 5: Dec. 28: Joan's side of the family (mostly) gathered for a potluck brunch celebrating the anniversaries of 88 collective years of marriage for Sharon & Robert and Joan & Bill, 45 and 43 years ago today.
148a. Dec. 28: Joan & Bill's anniversary gift - the sculpture ("DNA") over the stove, by Bonnie Hinz (Minneapolis), who also did the wall sculptures of Jen & Em's childhood drawings (left).
149. Dec. 28:Anna created a spectacular 'Penguin Cake'. She made each part of it, and all of it is edible, even the penguins.
 
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151. Dec. 28: Rich, Anna, Ian, Laurie, Sharon
152. Dec. 28: Clara, Nolan Kvan, and Thalia
153. Dec. 28: Robert, Joan, Emmy, Dan, Matilda, Michael
154. Dec. 28: Debbie, Zach, Kellie Kvan, Jen
155. Dec. 28: Jen & Dan
156. Dec. 28: Dan, Zach, Matilda
157. Dec. 28: Maisy and Zippy
 
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165. Dec. 28: Time to play in the basement...
166. Dec. 28: Favorite activity: jump against side and tip over bouncy castle
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171. Dec. 28: Matilda, Emmy, Zach; Anna and Clara
 
172. Dec. 28: Debbie and Thalia
173. Dec. 28: Time to open presents
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179a. Dec. 28: We walked over to Jen & Dan's to see their new dining room furnishings
179b. Dec. 28: Then we walked over to the park
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