Dispatch #34 (December 2025)

We took a quick trip down to Lake Norman to visit Claire&rsquo;s grandmother, but the big travel in November was up to New York for Thanksgiving. We did a long weekend in NYC then spent a week at my sister&rsquo;s house. The kids loved the big city (especially the Statue of Liberty cruise , Bluey&rsquo;s House , and this giant indoor playground ). I just loved soaking up the city &ndash; we were…