We finally got a taste of winter here in Northeast Nevada. Saturday morning we woke to a dusting of snow and the temps only in the 30's. We cannot complain as we saw on the news how many of our friends and family in New Hampshire had quite an experience with the ice storm. Thankfully, we do not get ice storms here. We hope everyone is safe back in NH.

Our week was nice. The boys are getting quite anxious for Christmas to get here. The Christmas list is getting longer and the high tech gadgets wanted gets more expensive, oops I should have said extensive. It is exciting to see the boys anticipating this Christmas. Elko had its snowflake festival Saturday evening. There are performances and exhibits in the downtown area, followed by an evening parade. We all went to the parade downtown which was neat.
All of the floats were lit up with lights and holiday themes. Elko really enjoys having a parade, there must be at least 7-8 a year. Santa also made an appearance at the end driving around in a city firetruck.

We were excited to have our nephew/cousin Gareth with us for a few days this week. He came on Thursday and left on Sunday. It was nice for the boys to have time to play with him and we enjoy having him here. We look forward to being able to see him again.

Gail continues to be busy with both Pampered Chef and her cleaning business. She really enjoys the new job she has, she works less and earns more and it gives her plenty of time to do the other things she wants to do. Andy has been quite busy this week. He was actually here for the whole week, but was at work early and stayed late each day. He tried a few cases, did some preliminary hearings and had quite a few juvenile matters. We are all looking forward to the holidays and the opportunity to spend time together.

That about sums up our week. We hope all is well and your are enjoying the Christmas season.