It’s that time of year again for Patchy Claus! We are excited to say we are celebrating our 11th year raising money for charities Stephen and Mary Beth support. This year Mary Beth has chosen CASA of Los Angeles for her charity. As many of you know Mary Beth has been a children’s advocate at CASA for several years. She was honored by CASA in a ceremony in May of this year for her service. What CASA does: CASA of

“I can’t believe another year has gone by. It seems like yesterday I was sharing last year’s holiday adventures with all of you. Crazy! All of my kids are older and my two oldest live away from home so the holidays are a great time for us to be together. It is so fun for me to decorate the house, have a fire going and something great smelling baking in the oven for their return. It felt so warm and

“It is so funny how things are now. My kids are coming home from far away places to gather for the holidays…Geez it seems to happen so fast that we as parents are sitting on “the other side.”  Just this week we heard our youngest son got into college and then… that’s that for pete sake….empty nest is around the corner. What happened to my babies? Of course we all know what blood, sweat and tears goes into raising our children, but