Merry Christmas and happy new furlough...
Kenny looks wistfully northward as he drives us at dusk on the first day of this year's annual holiday pilgrimage north for Bragg Family South. We had him take over to get more interstate driving experience for our novice driver--even though he's had his license for over a year now, he doesn't have a ton of experience behind the wheel. With a government shutdown looming, we headed north the Friday before Christmas, vowing to not let the impending furlough negatively impact our visits. First up--Michigan. Below is a picture of one of the many intense games of hearts played by Hope, her dad (back to camera), and Kenny (Stephen played only a game or two--you can see his enthusiasm!): Stephen was much more into climbing some of the spruce tree's in Rich Pruden's front yard...even getting his "Bumpa" to join him at one point: No worries, y'all--he wasn't but a few feet above the ground, and those spruce branches are quite strong! T...