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Danbury Vacation Begins

Here is the first summer gallery with pictures from the first few days back in the USA. Included are pictures of an amazing purple sunrise on our second day back. Enjoy!

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Forts Folle Avoine Rendezvous

Last weekend was the annual Rendezvous at the Forts Folle Avoine just up the road from our house.   As is now traditional the Post family joined us for what turned out to be a few days of fun (and record breaking cold temperatures).

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2012 Christmas at the Fort

Forts Folle Avoine, a local fur trade re-enactment attration, hosts a “Christmas at the Fort” event each year.   This year we were luck to catch it while Lea Ann, Nina and Sara Post were visiting.   Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs also came over for a visit.  The weather was beautiful except for the no snow part.   That came a day later.

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Kai Rocks Christmas at the Fort

Kai shows just how much he enjoys Christmas at the Fort.   I have no idea where he picked up his “rock on” hands.

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Danbury…cold, snow, fun.

Back in Danbury!   In the few days we’ve been here we’ve managed to stock the fridge, visit Santa, put up a tree and weather a snowstorm.   The second day back was Christmas at the Fort — a historical site called Forts Folle Avoine hosts a holiday event with Santa, a wild rice cafe and sleigh rides.   That same day a snowstorm hit but thankfully the Fort is just a mile away so we were able to make it.    Later we were able to hang lights on the deck and get the tree up.  Being unpracticed at judging the quality of Christmas trees our main criteria was “can we get it on the car”.   It turns out you want to pay attention to whether the trunk is drastically curved.  By the time the sun was going down the snow was still falling, the wind had picked up, the temperature plummeted and Crystal and I were out on the deck trying to lash down an 8′ tree.   Plenty of rope, ratchet straps and some frozen fingers later the tree was anchored!