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This week, Rob’s family came to visit for Christmas. His sister Melissa, her husband Jim, and his parents all stayed with us. We had such a great time hanging out with them and playing our new Wii!

Notice the gift on Royal’s nose? And the corner that is slightly torn open? The photo for Week 38 has a backstory that must be told.

Before arriving, Rob’s mom sent a big package of gifts and cookies that they wouldn’t be able to take on the plane. I got the gigantic package and unpacked it, putting each gift behind the tree, then left to go do some last-minute shopping of my own. While browsing the robes at Macy’s, I received a call from a very angry Rob. The call started out something like this, “Your dog has been very bad.” I guess Rob got home from work to find our Christmas tree on the floor and glass ornaments shattered everywhere. Two gifts from Rob’s parents were partially torn open as well. Our guess is that Royal found gifts with interesting smells and helped himself… argh! Rob had a good attitude about it all and cleaned up the entire mess, even putting the tree back up. This photo is what later turned out to be a baby monitor from Rob’s parents- yea!! In fact, both gifts that he tried to open were for the new baby… maybe he’s jealous?

Here are some other great photos from Rob’s family’s visit: