Hi.  Last night we took the telescope out to the driveway for the kids to get a look at a special nighttime sky.  That was hard for Jimmy, it's his telescope and we haven't made him share it yet.  Mostly it went well.  The big reason for taking the telescope was that Mars and another bright star were visible near the moon.  It was fun.  The best part was all the excitement from the little kids.  I wish I could remember if it was Meaghan or Jonathan, they were both yelling, but one of them said "I can't believe it, Mars is my favorite planet, I've never seen Mars before!"  You'll never guess why Mars is their favorite planet: because, "It is a planet and a store."  We've been fans of space in our house for a few years and every night now before bed we let the kids go out to look for the stars.  It may only last five minutes but we see lots of fun things.  It might look very strange to the neighbors but we are loving this family time.  Through all the events of the past few months the five of us are closer than ever.

By the way, the boots are "rescue" boots, not because of the rain and the winter hat is a "camera helmet".