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This week we discovered a new member of our family: Sara the sleepless. She looks just like Sara the happy girl, but she has snot running down her face, and coughs a lot all night long. Rea has also read her first book all by herself. It was 5 pages long and had about 30 words (we had never read it to her before, so she read all the words.) We had a party to celebrate. We played "Herd your Horses" and ate blueberry cake. She also got a book light so that she could read in bed. I finished up taxes on Saturday while Alison and the girls were at aunt Becky's baby shower. The Utah government tax site is pretty darn bad. Friday we had Amy and Dave over for pizza and games since their little boy is getting bigger. We played Love Letter, and made gluten free pizza. Alison recently decided that I need to take Rea and Sara out on more dates, so Daddy Daughter Grocery Shopping Dates were invented. You'll never guess what they consist of :). In order to combat Veggie T...

This last week was a fun one. We celebrated Christmas and spent a lot of time together. I got Wednesday off, and a half day off on Tuesday. Christmas eve was beautiful weather so we decided to walk to the school playground and play a bit. Sara put on her new snow pants (which were technically an unopened Christmas gift, but she didn't seem to notice that when she opened them up the next day) which made the trip last all the longer, and made it more fun. Rea wants to go sledding some time. We need to get a sled first. On Christmas day, after celebrating the birth of Christ in the morning, we got together as a family (with all of the Brown side) and spent time together. We shot guns (which was more fun than I expected), ate food, and played some games. We played 'Two Rooms and a Boom', 'Resistance', and 'Bang: Wild West Show'. They all were fun. I have been working on my Dancing Robots AI recently, and it now beats me fairly often (it still isn't per...