Hello each of you & very good morning! This holiday season, which had Christmas Day on December 25^th, & our very recent celebration of going into our new year of 2026 on January 1^st, have both been fantastic for me and my family.  On Christmas Eve, we went to the ST. Bridget Catholic Church for an amazing celebration of the Christmas season. This Mass included a fabulous session that had many young kids acting relevant roles & also singing some fantastic songs as well.  On Christmas Day, my sister Sabrina & our amazing friend Lauren, both joined us for the Santa Claus Christmas gift presents exchanges session. This is always a special time of the year when we are all focused on gifting something that they will be excited for.  Whatever it is about, they are obviously welcome to do whatever they want to do with it secretly on their own.

I am still so happy that the Virginia Cavaliers football team won the Gator Bowl against the Missouri Tigers football team on December 27^th, 2025.

For our entry into the year of 2026, Elise & I held up with annual routine of going down to Lake Washington, & very briefly getting into the very cold lake water for an extremely short time wearing our swimsuits.