Hello everyone!! I am back and in good health. My plane ride to JFK was interesting. I was sitting by a weird young man on the plane ride and he would start shaking in intervals. I was thinking he had epilepsy and was more than a little unnerved. I was afraid to look at him. When I finally did, I noticed that he had a book and was laughing inwardly about the things he was reading in the book. Instead of laughing out loud he would shake. On the way back I had to leave Newburgh at one o'clock on New Year's Day to make it to the airport for my departure at 6:50 a.m. When I got to JFK at 2:30 a.m. no one was there and I had to wait for the employees to show up and start checking luggage. When I got in and made my way to the gate it was 5:00 a.m. I waited around and bought a magazine and a book to pass the time. On the plane I was wedged between two strangers. Very awkard strangers, one of them happened to be a rather intoxicated young woman who would fall asleep on my shoulder and breathe on me. But outside of the disconcerting plane rides I had an excellent holiday. Even though I missed all of you while I was there and Arden and I wished that we could practice some of the Jorgensen traditions. Arden says hello to all of you, and misses you all. The holiday was peaceful and uneventful, but still satisfactory. I was very glad to spend time with my family and particularly my grandma, whom I hadn't seen in a year or more. We had fun shopping and getting goodies from McKinney and Doyle, the local bakery. I have some pictures of my family and the holiday in general, I do not have any pictures of the Burgoynes, I regret, but, my Aunt Tammy and her family is doing very well.
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This is my brother Jesse in sacrament meeting just before christmas.
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This is my little brother Dane and my mother in sacrament meeting.
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Dane on my grandma's couch, as you can tell he is very upset, we call him the "Angry Little Elf."
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Jesse fell on the ice outside in the yard and split his forehead. We had to take him to the ER. He had his head glued back together and bandaged.
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This is my uncle Jack's son, Devin. He's almost a year old.
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This is my uncle Aaron's daughter, Charlotte. She is about the same age as Devin.
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This is Eden, Jack's daughter. She's almost three. She shares the same birthday as her younger brother Devin.
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This is Dominick, Jack's oldest. He's six.
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This is Jonathon, he's Aaron's oldest. He's almost three.
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This is my grandma with her youngest grandchild, Charlotte.
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Dominick on my grandma's kitchen floor.
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Dane sticking his tongue out. What a naughty little thing.
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Arden, Jesse and Dane at the pond up Brady Lane.
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Dane right before he fell in the ice.
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Arden carrying Dane home after he fell in the ice. My little brothers are very accident prone little boys. But then again, what boy isn't accident prone?
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This is a cool tree in my grandma's yard.
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Brambles in the forest, aka back yard.
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The snow was thawing.
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Stream that fed into the frozen pond.