A Gift from The Young Scientists for Annie

Watching the Panters with Grandpa Cloer, a Sunday Tradition

Sweet Frog Nostalgia with Annie, Leia & Harvest

Leia & Bello

Decorating for Christmas 2025

 and as is another tradition, there is a special my first Christmas ornament that has a small ring of ribbon that lab had on her finger when she was first born, and now she has it on her finger when she is 23.

Thompson Thanksgiving 2025

The Elders ...

The Children of the Elders

And the Children of the Children of.the Elders

... all at their separate places. :-D Which the kids hate. But at least Zach got to game with them after.

 and it was very nice for joe, Oma and Corey to join us this year!

Cloer Nativity Tradition

And every year, after Thanksgiving dinner, the Cloers put out the nativity scene in the front yard. This has been a tradition ever since Harvest has been born and he has participated every year. He used to call it the "kakiviky" instead of "Nativity." So cute! This was really the first day that Tom Cloer felt well enough after his severe bout with pneumonia.

My Beautiful Leia on Thanksgiving

And here she is, sipping the yummy pumpkin soup she made!

My Beautiful Annie on Thanksgiving

Annie & Corey at Cloer Thanksgiving

Cloer Thanksgiving 2025

Holiday Doors at Work

Just a little something fun to see while working at walmart. Each department was in charge of a holiday door. This is the winning one. It is a gingerbread house with the store manager Joe coming down this tune right now the store lead Carlos peeking in the window. (PS, everyone hates Carlos, & Joe isn't far behind. I always say you have to be a certain level of asshole to be a store manager at Walmart.)

Relic of Saint Andrew at Saint Andrew's in Clemson

St Andrews at Clemson was blessed to have a first class Relic on display this sunday! Everyone was encouraged to venerate The Relic and I took my rosary up there to make it a third class relic of this apostle. My rosary has already touched all the apostles, but I thought it would be cool so that has to have it touch this particular relic. I also made my veil a relic of this apostle. But I can't deny that when I think about St Andrew I think of the Andrew from the chosen.

Annie's Professional Graduation Photos

 aren't these pictures gorgeous? Just a word about professional photography these days, getting these digital prints would have cost $260. These have been AI edited to remove the watermarks. I made sure to support the company by buying at least $18.

Rare Mountain Rainbow with INDIGO

Mountain rainbows otherwise known as Fire Rainbows are actually pretty common in the mountains due to the fact they are created from Ice crystals. I see one I'd say about every month or so. This one was quite unusual because of how bright it was and because you could actually see the Indigo in it. Often Fire Rainbows are only the red yellow and orange elements of the rainbow.

Diamond Hill Mine & Shana's Crystal-Finding Ability

Shana has a keen ability to actually "feel" where crystals are in the ground! ... Here she is discerning. I, however, have NO ability to do this, but I very much enjoy sitting and just looking at nature.