Ehlana and Ethan:
Welcome to the Witch Falls family, Nellie Roberts!
Congratulations to Nora, Elliott, and the rest of Nellie’s family!
Our day hasn’t been that exciting so far, but we are going to Cassie and Michael’s house soon for a teen night and sleepover; so we are expecting the fun level to go up once we get there along with our best friends and the other guests that Cassie and Michael have invited. Before we move on; let’s also mention that Cassie and Michael are booking extra teen and kid time this weekend before school starts again on Monday – especially since they are also getting ready for their next trip. We’ll have more on that travel story soon, but we are hoping to spend time with Cassie and Michael before they head out again.
As for our day-so-far – or the news since our last report; we had fun and were also exhausted by our New Year’s Day party adventures. Ethan and most of the guys spent more time watching football or playing video games than I did with the other girls, but we also spent a lot of time with the younger kids – taking care of them and keeping them fed and entertained. We don’t mention it a lot in our journals, but we really love our younger, next-gen cousins and the rest of their friends. It is also fun to see our next-gen cousins at the start of growing up with Michael’s nieces and nephews – and we include the extended cousins through the Johnson and Bassett clans. For just one example, while there is a bit of an age gap between them, Sierra Stone, Emma Jacobs, and Mariah Palmer like to hang out together when they are all with us; and that’s true for other groups of boys and girls – even for the toddlers.
I’m getting into the weeds a bit; so let’s move on. Mom and Dad had rotating groups of visitors all afternoon and evening – mostly because many of them were making the rounds for multiple parties. That was true for some of the people that spent most of the day with us; and they’d head out in groups for visits to other homes, families, and friends. That meant that we always had a full house; and there was a fair bit of work to do to keep everyone fed and ‘watered’ from noon through until we crashed into co-ed nap mode for the few of us left standing by the time the rest of our guests headed for their homes after the final football game of the day. Ethan might be required to offer a football update, but he isn’t in charge of the writing this year; and I honestly do not care about which college teams advanced from the quarterfinals to the semifinals! If you, future reader, really want to know; there are archives for all current events – or history; and that’s true even for sports and entertainment. While I’m distracted by that thought; I’ll also mention that our digital archives are growing exponentially every day to collect all of that data, but while ‘normal’ people are happy to use developing A.I. to sift through mountains of data and information; Mom is not writing systems like that because Ethan has faster processing speed than any top-end computer system. ;^)
We need to head out soon; so let’s wrap this up. After our co-ed nap time last night, our best friends were with us for Tai Chi and breakfast, but then they all moved on to other plans for the day while Ethan and I opted for a work-play day at the lab or archives. We got a lot done – more than we might have once Uncle Adam was busy at the clinic with the Roberts family and friends; we used some time phasing to get even more done; and now we’re ready to switch back to play time for the final weekend of our Christmas break. That’s also why we are not going to do any news updates – we want to stay happy; and don’t think that any of the news has been good this week. We’ll have the rest of our story from today for you sometime tomorrow, so stay tuned for that; and we’ll get started on living those adventures right now.
Until next time, live with love, fellow Magi of the Light!
