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Cliff, speaking with Norm on Cheers, once said:

“Well you see, Norm, it’s like this . . . A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first.

This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.

In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.

In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.

And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers.”

written by David \\ tags: Health

Well, Christmas was good as usual this year. Kids got too many toys again to go in their already full playroom. After practice at his birthday, Aiden was prepared for unwrapping all the presents from Santa. We had fun decorating and of course went over board with all of Leanne’s decorations, as we do every year(luckily, I have a separate storage space in the garage for the Christmas stuff, otherwise my garage would be half Christmas things and half other stuff we don’t have room for) I do have to admit though, it doesn’t feel like Christmas without all the decorations.

We also had a very white Christmas and yes, it snowed on Christmas morning! I can’t remember the last time that happen. We probably got a total of 2 feet of snow. We built an igloo brick by brick. Took awhile to do, but was very authentic in a miniature kind of way. Then Sommer decided it was missing something so we made a chair and ottoman for the resident of the igloo to relax in. Didn’t think of it but we should have carved out a hole in the armrest to hold a beverage.

And of course it wouldn’t be Christmas without family! We had a pre-Christmas with my family and an after-Christmas with Leanne’s family. My family lives in Chehalis and the weekend we made the drive, the snow started up and we ended up being stuck in Chehalis on Monday. We made it to work on Tuesday and then the snow dumped again and we were stuck at our house for the rest of the week. Luckily Leanne and I have laptops and VPN so we can work from home…..really, who are we kidding?….We watched movies and took naps….

Below are a few pictures and here is the link for all of the pictures. You can also download the photos using the link in the upper right corner on the photo site.

Christmas Pictures

written by David \\ tags: Aiden, Christmas, David, Leanne, Sommer

written by David \\ tags: iPhone

I had to work late the day the kids went to the Pumpkin patch, but Leanne made sure to take a lot of pictures. I was able to go trick-or-treating with them on the Halloween night though.

There are a few pictures of us carving the pumpkin as well. That was fun….and messy….and Aiden really got into it!

Halloween Pictures

written by David \\ tags: Aiden, Halloween, Leanne, Sommer