– August 26, 2018 – TUCSON, Arizona
You can arrive any time after 10:00 am on Sunday.

• How many of you have met my son or daughter?
• How about my grandkids?
• How long has it been since you’ve all seen each other?
• How long has it been since you’ve seen me and Cynthia?!?
• How long since you’ve seen Loretta, Hazel or Ella?

Our extended family will gather at the Tucson Starr Pass Golf Suites, 20 minutes from (TUS Tucson International Airport) from August 26, Sunday morning until the following morning.

We will be renting the entire two-bedroom suite from sun-up to sun-up, so if you are driving to Tucson, or flying in from other areas, you are welcomed to crash on a bed or couch Sunday night. If you like privacy, regular resort rooms start at $119, although there is a two-night minimum.  For a single night, use a nearby hotel by calling The Wyndham Travel Department Mon-Friday at 800-732-0203.  CLICK HERE for details about the Starr Pass Resort.

An RSVP is not necessary BUT it will help us plan.  If we need to rent a second Suite across from the first, we will do it.  If you want to tell us you will be attending, send a text to Robert at 602-999-4120, eMail to Robert@RobertAndrews.net or send a message on Facebook.

There is no telling how many of us may show up, so we’ve decided on a pot-luck arrangement. Bring something to share. If that’s not practical, let us know and we will prepare something on your behalf, but please let us know ahead of time.

Bring your swim suit too. There is a huge swimming pool on the property, plus a tennis court, a basketball court, golf, hiking trails, a restaurant, a washer dryer, and a full-sized fridge.

Nearby tourist attractions include Saguaro National Monument, Tombstone and Old Tucson, Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, Air and Space Museum, Botanical Gardens, Reid Park Zoo, The Titan Missle Museum, Kitt Peak Observatory, and Biosphere 2.

Will will be arriving five days early, and staying five days after the event, so if you want a chance to visit with us privately, please feel free to join us.  Looking to visit Arizona?  Facebook friends are invited to the before and after window.  Questions?  Call Robert (Bobby) Andrews @ 602 – 999 – 4120.

It was an unexpected thrill to have Bradley come back into our lives.  It was twice the thrill to get Jennifer as a daughter as well.  It was seven times the thrill to have suddenly seven grandkids to watch us grow old.  We have had a yearly tradition for nearly twenty years of putting out what we like to call New Years News.  It is a fun way to recap the events of the past year, and spring into the coming adventure.

Here are the past issues of NYN (most of them, anyway) in case you want to catch up.

NOTE:  For whatever reason, the NYN with * next to them are really big files, and take awhile to download.  Just be patient.  As Cynthia’s mother used to say  “Patience is a virtue, and virtue is its own reward.”
1997 – 1998 – 1999 – 2000 – 2001 – 2002 – 2003 – 2004 – 2005 – 2006 – *2007 – 2008 – 2009 – 2010 – 2011 – 2012.a.b.c.d.e. – 2013.a.b.c – *2014 – 2015.a.b.c – 2016 – 2017

In 2008 and 2009 we were living in Spain and published a month-by-month accounting of our excursions. I am trying to find them. If I do, I will include them here.

There was no January 2016 New Years News. We spent January, February and March mostly in hospitals. Read 2017 to catch up.

Music to Katie’s Book “Duck & Goose”

^ PLAY – – – MUSIC soundtrack – Beginner Speed (slower) – DOWNLOAD

^ PLAY – – – MUSIC soundtrack – Advanced Speed (as published) – DOWNLOAD

For ORIGINAL soundtrack site (and more books) CLICK HERE.

The Complete Harry Potter DVD Collection

1. Sorcerer’s Stone – 1997
2. Chamber of Secrets – 1998
3. Prisoner of Azkaban – 1999
4. Goblet of Fire – 2000
5. Order of the Phoenix – 2003
6. Half Blood Prince – 2005
7. Deathly Hallows – 2007

Other DVDs

1. Adventure of Sherlock Holmes Younger Brother
2. African Queen
3. Love Story
4. Camelot
5. Animal House
6. Loose Change
7. Ghost & Mrs Muir
8. Gotcha
9. Groundhog Day
10. Casa Blanca
11. Here Comes Mr Jordan
12. Teddy Roosevelt
13. A Star is Born
14. American in Paris
15. Gigi
16. All’s Quiet on the Western Front
17. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
18. The King and I
19. As Good as it Gets
20. The Ten Commandments
21. Miracle on 34th Street
22. Dr Doolittle 3
23. My Man Godfrey
24. Gremlins
25. The Color Purple
26. Commandments
27. Bill Cosby
28. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
29. Elf

The house were I lived from age 1 till about age 16 was in Marion, Ohio. It was a great place to grow up in. My cousin Dan saw that it is once again on the shopping block, so I thought I would procure their photos and give some of my history, for your delight and amusement. Please feel free to comment using the box below.

Click View 1, 2 or 3 to view our nativity figures from around the world: Nativity View 1 – View 2 – View 3

English – Merry Christmas

Afrikaans – ‘n Geseende Kersfees en ‘n voorspoedige Nuwejaar
Afrikaans – Een Plesierige Kerfees
Albanian — Gezuar Krishtlindje
Arabic – I’d Miilad Said Oua Sana Saida
Armenian – Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri – Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Basque – Zorionstsu Eguberri. Zoriontsu Urte Berri On
Bengali – Bodo Din Shubh Lamona
Bohemian – Vesele Vanoce
Breton – Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian – Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Celtic – Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Chinese –
(Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
(Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan’Gung Haw Sun
(Hong Kong) Kung Ho Hsin Hsi. Ching Chi Shen Tan
Cornish – Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Cree – Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian – Sretan Bozic
Czech – Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish – Gladelig Jul
Dutch – Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
Esperanto – Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian – Roomsaid Joulu Puhi
Farsi – Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish – Hyvaa joulua
French – Joyeux Noel
Frisian – Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier
German – Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek – Kala Christouyenna
Hawaiian – Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew – Mo’adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi – Bada Din Mubarak Ho
Hungarian – Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic – Gledileg Jol
Indonesian – Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi – Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish – Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Italian – Buon Natale or Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese – Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Kala – Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Etos
Korean – Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latvian – Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu Jauno Gadu
Lettish – Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Lithuanian – Linksmu Kaledu
Manx – Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori – Meri Kirihimete
Marathi – Shub Naya Varsh
Navajo – Merry Keshmish
Northern Sotho – Matlhatse le matlhogonolo mo ngwageng o moswa.
Norwegian – God Jul Og Godt Nytt Aar
Pennsylvania German – En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei
Yaahr
Papiamento – Bon Pasku i Felis Anja Nobo
Pig Latin – Errymay ristmaskay
Polish – Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
Portuguese – Feliz Natal (Used in Portugal, Brazil and several former Portuguese colonies)
Rapa-Nui – Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Romanian – Craciun Fericit
Russian – Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom
Samoan – La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Serbian – Hristos se rodi
Scottish – Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur
Serbian – Hristos se rodi
Singhalese – Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slavonic – Christos Razdajetsja! Slavite Jeho!
Slovak – Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene – Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
Spanish – Feliz Navidad (Used in Spain as well as Mexico and most of Central and South America)
Swahili – Krismasi Njema
Swedish – God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ar
Tagalog – Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tamil – Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Thai – sooK San wan Christmas
Turkish – Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian – Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu – Bara Din Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese – Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Waray – Maupay nga Pasko ngan Mainuswagon nga Bag-o nga Tu-ig
Welsh – Nadolig Llawen
Zulu – Nginifisela inhlanhla ne mpumelelo e nyakeni.

This is a video that I’ve published to share with friends and family. We got these chickens when they were five-day-old-balls-of-fluff.

Now they’re all grown up, and producing about an egg each per day. We take them out each morning about 6:00 and let them play in their chicken tractor until about 8:00, at which time we reverse the process you are about to see.