Tigger's Christmas Letter 2015

Greetings from the (Sub)urban ranch!

I've heard through the grapevine that many people are disappointed that  did not write a Christmas letter last year...let me assure you that I am alive and well...I am, however, no longer able to leap to the top of the desk in a single bound, so my computer time is quite limited these days.

Mr IMs continues to work at his own law practice.  He keeps busy with work but takes some time off occasionally to hang out with the family--today he is skiing with the Girl, while the Boy attends snowboarding team.  He is currently planning how to finish the side yard of the house to keep my new "friend" out of trouble (more on her later).  This summer he got a new engine for his Subaru and a new hood--the auto shop at Mrs. Ranch's school was excited to get the old hood!
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Mrs. Ranch started how her 14th year at her current high school and her 23rd year of teaching this year.  She keeps busy with blogging and driving the children around...throwing in a few minutes of reading most nights.  This fall she participated in her first yarn crawl and can't wait to do it again this year!

The Girl is a Freshman in High School.  After several high school visits and some debate, she ended up at a school about half way between home and The Boy's school.  She played volleyball on the undefeated Freshman team this year and joined a club team as a practice player.  Last summer she went to Italy with Mr. IM's mom for a pilgrimage and returned with lots of great stories.  She's not playing drums anymore, so the set has been dismantled and the futon returned to the bonus room...giving me a fantastic place to sleep.

The Boy is a 5th grader this year.  He continues guitar lessons this year and even got a new acoustic guitar from  Grandude this year.  He continues to spend every Saturday from Thanksgiving to Easter snowboarding on a team--last summer he went to snowboarding camp and had a lot of fun.  He enjoyed telling the family about all the late night tv he watched in his dorm room.

The people tell me that I'll be 18 in the spring. I still keep busy, making sure the people are up every day at 5.  Some days they shout, "Dude, its the weekend!", but I think they are delusional...I don't know what a weekend is, but I do know I need a glass of water and fresh food every day at 5! Alice the Cat is 7 in the spring. She likes to hide these days and has taken over MJ's pillow on the adult's bed--drooling her way to sleep.   Liberty, is probably 5 this year. She is enjoying being the "older dog", most days welcoming, Morrison, the Saint Huskimo puppy, born on September 11 and joining our family Thanksgiving weekend.  Morrison's favorite activities are eating everything chasing everything and trying to get everyone to play with her.

The people's extended families are all well, Mrs Ranch's parents are busier in retirement than they were before they retired.  Her younger brother and his family keep busy, her nephew will be five in the spring and provides the Ranch with lots of videos and photos to make us laugh.  Mr. Ranch's dad retired this  year and is job hunting in the Denver area.  Mr. Ranch's mom also retired this year and moved into an adult living community where she keeps busy with all kinds of community and church activities.  The infamous Mrs. Pretzel (IM"s sister) welcomed another boy to the family this October, bringing the people's nephew total to 3.

We hope this letter finds you all well and wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from our (Sub)urban Ranch!

Love,
Tigger (and family)