On Friday, Janel & Ryan provided some music lessons to Daniel & David.  Since each boy chose an instrument already played by one of the Coughrans, it was great to see them making music together.

Then, Randy joined the four of them on a trip to Gameworks in Seattle. We didn’t do this while waiting for Santa pictures as we had done the last couple years.  Daniel & David always look forward to it, so we made an additional stop on the way to the family gathering at Julie & Cindy’s instead.  Daniel & Janel jammed together on the drum games; David & Ryan played the guitar-themed video games.  This was in keeping with the lessons that Ryan and Janel had given David & Daniel earlier.  And, as always, we had fun with the rest of the games.

After Gameworks, we all gathered at Julie & Cindy’s house for Christmas with Randy’s family.  We had a good turnout: Randy’s parents, all four of their kids, and almost all of their grand-kids and great-grand-kids.  We also had exchange students past and present!  We missed those who could not make it and we hope we catch them all next time.  The boys behaved especially well, and they had a great time playing with their cousins – the house is really a great place to have a large gathering.

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