An evening flight

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Julie made us the last of her PSMO tenderloin

She even cooked it, this time! ;) Her version of Philly Cheesesteak. Yum!!

A lone, cold tree.

Nice way to start the day

The boys and I got ready early, before church, so we headed to breakfast 🍳

We missed it! Happy new year 🎆🎊🎈

The cats aren’t quite sure about my toy drones...

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Happy birthday Julie!

Since we started dating, we've celebrated 28 of her birthdays. I may be starting to get to know her pretty well... ;)

Makes it both easy and difficult to know what to get her. Anything having to do with ammo boxes is a good start, Haha.

Power lines make flying a challenge...

They mess with the GPS and compass so you're flying manually, but it makes for some good picture opportunities.

Always a good idea to have practiced flying on a windy day, without any navigational aids...

Andy finally retired one of his early Kendamas.

It's been repaired a couple of times already, but when you've used it so much you split the spike, it may by time to move on?

This was his first "real" one (wooden, quality, authentic). He laments, "I learned soooo many tricks on that one!"

Julie’s sharing more of her PSMO tenderloin with us!

This time, it was carpaccio. A little intimidating, at first, but wow, it was really good!

All this talent, on both sides of my family!

My sister made this for us. Hand-crafted. Each detail has meaning to our family and homestead. One bee for each of us. A lady bug for mom, our pond, the apple trees, the grape vines!

My sister in-law painted these, one each, for the boys.

They're based off pictured each of them took, of their cats. Wow!

An evening formation!

This just in... ;)

A night out with “Princess”

Johnny is reading us the text message conversation where he tries to convince us he's making progress on the Princess to Laura Croft project... ;)

Night at the range

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My nephews have been saving up for their Florida trip

"These wallets are too fat to close!"

That's a good problem to have. Haha. The joys of youth and walk-about money.

Family date night!

Dinner and a little fun at the local range. ;)

Nothing like a rifle cartridge, in a pistol, to light your fire!

My neighbor’s eerie trees.

One other view, with downtown Dayton in this one.

Family time sure is fun!

This is what I woke up to, this morning.

Sweet little guy. Just laying there purring. :)

Four days of Christmas

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The girls sure outdid themselves on cookies and snacks this year!

My sisters, their kids, and my mom made some awesome gingerbread cookies, to go along with our desserts, for Christmas dinner!🎄

Always so fun to just hang out, with my family, over the holidays, birthdays, etc.

Here we are, all ready to start our stocking emptying tradition.

Not sure I’m a fan of my new look? 👀

I'm getting used to the idea of wearing them though. It is nice to see what I've been missing. ;)

“I think I’m about to pass out!”

Isaac got what he had coming!!!

"It's kind of like diffusing a bomb..."

Snow flight

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Starry night ⭐️

Christmas service with friends

Was really cool to mix the organ with the guitar!

Celebrating the birth of our Savior!

Merry white Christmas 🎄

Just what a boy needs...!

GIANT Pill!

Julie made her Christmas present into Christmas dinner for all of us!

PSMO tenderloin! Bacon wrapped!

I love THEM!!! ❤️

Dinner while Christmas shopping...

Thick fried bologna sandwich, add sauerkraut, and onion rings!

Walls up!

Our neighbor's house. They're trying to get it "under roof by winter"... Better hurry!

Never more...!

A little Christmas flying fun

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Walking to breakfast with my boys...

Just liked the colors as I watch the building, going on, next door.

Breakfast with my nephew. Reminded me of our Christmas chains, as kids!

Good memories!

Stacking cats!

Another fav

Patience, watching the weather, and scoping it out ahead of sunset might have paid off. :)

It's little harder to fly when you can't feel your fingers...!

Cat throw-down!

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Julie doesn’t need a silly printer!

She's been printing out some of the diagrams, for school, for her notes. When the printer drivers stopped working, for a day or two, she just drew her own diagram. Pretty impressive!

Progress next door

Local lights

Sight seeing

Almost 40mph at only a little over one-third power! :)

Gracie loves her mouse!

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Julie added some ornaments to her bug wall

Gives her a place to display the ones that are too big and heavy for the tree.

Droning among the trees in our front yard, I liked the reflection captured in our front window.

When you’re browsing the selections of exotic hardwoods, you need a unique shopping cart!

Well, that’s one way to chase the mouse...!

Different perspective on a semi-frozen pond, near our house.