Comments on: 2025

By: Steven Brown

Steven Brown — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 07:34:34 +0000

So fun! Sounds like a wonderful year! Always great to read your Christmas letter!

By: Ken and Mary Kallbrier.

Ken and Mary Kallbrier. — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:39:14 +0000

You guys had a great year. Thanks for sharing all your adventures in 2025. Merry Christmas to you guys and your entire family. . Ken and Mary

By: Joel Greenia

Joel Greenia — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:04:02 +0000

I always enjoy your update Ray! Looks like the golden years are treating you both well. Ann and I are doing well. Grandchild #6 came this year and we have done a bit of traveling including attending our 50 year high school reunion. Otherwise, bike riding has occupied my free time. HNY and stay blessed!

By: John Jester

John Jester — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:52:02 +0000

Hello Ray! The annual letter, photos, and video were great! Thanks! God bless you and Lynda, and your family!

By: Chang and Jean Lim

Chang and Jean Lim — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:08:39 +0000

Great to hear of your year as a family! Merry Christmas from our home to yours,
With love,
Chang and Jean Lim

By: Miel Horrilleno

Miel Horrilleno — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:20:03 +0000

So good to hear from you. More sentimental as we age…I can identify with that !

I would love to get together with Lynda for sewing/quilting time .

Blessings as we end 2025 and enter into 2026

By: Patty

Patty — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:34:13 +0000

WOW! You have had a very busy year! But one full of life, gratitude, family and care. You both deserve every good thing! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us and these wonderful photos. Love you Barbieri’s! Merry Christmas!

By: Linda and Allan

Linda and Allan — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 01:10:48 +0000

Thank you for the great newsletter. Wine-making is definitely an art. And yes of course we would say nice things to get free wine. You forgot to include your big trip to Shakespeare Santa Cruz in August to see the Shakespeare blockbuster Pericles, Prince of Tyre. I mean, really, it seems like maybe you should have mentioned that in the first paragraph…

By: Mick and Ann

Mick and Ann — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:36:30 +0000

Hey Ray and Lynda! Thanks for the inclusion to your family life and travels. And you actually stopped to see the horizontal statue to the fourteen year $100+ billion imaginary but magical “connection” from Bakersfield to Merced! Probably not a long wait to see and hopefully, well, it’s not free of charge in any case. ))). We remain rooted in Gig Harbor WA, Ann with her gardens, plants and apple, plum and Asian pear trees. Me with property clean up, lawns and occasional tree felling and always splitting wood. Then it rains a bit… blessings friends. Great to see the pics. Y’all look good!

By: Jenna L Heimbaugh

Jenna L Heimbaugh — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:47:37 +0000

I feel so honored that I received the infamous Barbieri Christmas card this year – I love everything about this and am so happy you are enjoying retirement <3