December

 The kids put up our Christmas tree full of family ornaments and memories.  Bobby had his first band concert where he played Grandpa's trumpet.  He was better than I imagined he'd be given only 3 months of training.  He does not like band though so he may just put his required 1 year of band in and then hang up that trumpet.

2nd place finish

 Emmy's team took 2nd at a tournament this month.  Bobby and I got some special time together at Olive Garden where we played trivia.  He put our name in as TEeats.  Team Eckert eats......but we had a good laugh when recognizing that we were team teets.  Emmy and Robb got to join us that evening and a fun night out was had by all.