Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! And Happy New Year! I hope all is well with you and your families after the recent government shutdown and any domino effects from that . . . May God bless you wherever you are, whatever your personal highs and lows might be. As part of the Rawles Family, we come from strong and hardy stock, and we have many blessings to count every single day. We had a lovely Rawles Reunion in August, with roughly 26 attendees (about half what we had last year). We were happy to receive any and all who could come, and we sure hope for more next year! We met at the Rawles Ranch (of Tom and Kathy Rawles), where we enjoyed abundant shade, good food (of our own bringing), and wonderful company. *Funny note about the group photo: My brother Ryan Snider set up his phone to take the photo, which included setting up a 10 second timer so he would have time to run over and join us before the shutter clicked. He was sure he had set up the timer, but in fact, the camera clicked b...