Dear friends, family, and loved ones,

First, we must apologize for not getting out a holiday letter last year.  Rest assured: if you did not get a letter from us, it is not because we dropped you from our list, or because we love you any less, but because we were slackers and did not get a holiday letter out to anybody last year!  Though, in our defense, there were extenuating circumstances last winter.  More on that later.  :-)  At any rate, this somewhat extended holiday letter will have to stand for two years. more…