{"id":5048,"date":"2026-02-07T05:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/family.manandyak.com\/?p=5048"},"modified":"2026-02-04T05:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T05:14:54","slug":"winter-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/family.manandyak.com\/?p=5048","title":{"rendered":"Winter 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below you will see some of our winter happenings:<\/p>\n<p>Josef was part of the ensemble for the Majestic Theater youth performance of A Christmas Story.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We had everyone over on Christmas Eve for a prime rib feast, before hopping on a plane to Puerto Vallarta.&nbsp; On December 28th, we lit paper lanterns in Rachael&#8217;s memory and let them float off over the Pacific.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I briefly dabbled in cat ownership, fostering Stuart, a three-legged cat, while he healed up; 6 weeks was sufficient to validate my suspicions that I do not want to be a cat owner.<\/p>\n<p>We took a ski trip to Willamette 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