Again this year, our family got together at a 'cabin' in the mountains for two nights & most of 3 days. It was great that JJ & Emily could be here from OR. This year we were at Emily's parents house above Woodland Park, CO, where Venita lived during high school. Emily's parents have been in London, England the past three years, serving at the London Mennonite Center. They will be back next month. The house is a lovely large mountain home, so there was plenty of space for us.

On the last day of our gathering we went to the Mt. Princeton Hot Springs, about an hour away. It is a natural hot springs along a cold mountain stream. You can go sit in the stream, or swim in the two large pools--one quite warm and the other more normal pool temp. In the stream, the hot water is bubbling up from the ground right at the edge of the stream, so the farther into the stream, the colder the water. Was very enjoyable & relaxing for us all--except maybe for Levi; he didn't much enjoy the water.

I'll add a couple of pictures, for what they're worth. We were too busy having a good time, so not many pictures got taken.

I saw a few pictures of the Birky gathering--made me wish we could be there again. Maybe if I change jobs... Not easy to be gone over Christmas in my work.

I think I have everyone added to the list to post on this site now (at least, for everyone whose current email address I have). So it would be great to have more people posting! It works best is you create a Google account (it's free). Then you can log in to do your posting.

Blessings to all,
Merv