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We had ideal conditions this weekend for sledding (Sarah), cross-country skiing (Jen, pictured below) and snow-shoeing (Bill).

We had a great Christmas vacation at the farm with Jen’s family.

Here, in transliteration, is Sarah’s letter to St. Nick:

Dear St. Nicholas,

The cookies and milk are for you! And the carrots are for your reindeer! 🙂
And the hay for your reindeer, and the hay is in the barn.  Help yourself.

Love,

Sarah Regner! 🙂

One of Sarah’s favorite presents was a magic kit.  She performed tricks for everyone.

No square meals for us!

We had blustery conditions following a storm on Boxing Day.

Nevertheless, Sarah braved the elements to go sledding, and returned looking a bit flushed.

Later, she and her friend Michaela made a gingerbread house.

In this PondCam™ image captured this afternoon, sun sets over the pond — without us, however, since we were in New York for the weekend.

Stay tuned for plenty of x-mas action!

The lawn is still green, but there was snow on the pond on Saturday.  Today, the rain washed it all away.

Sarah made beautiful placecards for Thanksgiving.

Even though we were sad not have Grandma with us, we had much to be thankful for, including a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner.

For dessert, we had hickory nut pie (among other pies).

It was an exhausting affair.

The indefatigable Sarah, however, got everyone to play Monopoly, every day.

She let Grandpa have just enough free time so that he could continue work on his Secret Project.

Sarah spent a busy weekend preparing for Thanksgiving, although she did take a little time out to complete her piano homework.

Not everyone is excited about Thanksgiving.

Sarah and Jen are already thinking ahead to next spring, planting bulbs that they got from Aunt Julie’s chorus fundraiser.

Here is a red-bellied woodpecker, which spent most of the day at the feeder.

And below, some of our last remaining leaves.