Les Jones

Home Life > "There'll Be Snow, and Mistletoe"

On Monday Melissa and her mom took Katie for pictures in her Christmas dress. We should have them back soon. Today's mail brought the Christmas cards we ordered.

We had a small scare this morning. The big (~150 pounds) dogs next door got out of their fence. They're nice dogs if you're a person, but we heard they had killed a neighbor's cat when they got out once before. Melissa found Felix and Gracie in the house, but couldn't find Milo. (We have a cat flap and let the cats go in and out on their own.) We searched and called for him this morning before I went to work, but without success.

Milo eventually showed up this afternoon after Melissa got the neighbor's dogs back in their fence. In the process of looking for Milo in the trees she discovered a patch of mistletoe in one of our big maples.

Tonight Melissa made fudge. We've bought a few Christmas presents, and should have more bought this next week. The holidays are growing bigger and bigger in our dreams. We're writing our first Christmas letter as a family to send out with our Christmas cards.