Wasn’t nearly like the old days, when the kids were home and the lights went up. The lights began to be too much hassle when they would only work on the ground when you tested them. Seemed a function of altitude. Once they were elevated to the lofty heights of the roof they would take turns not working. I used them as a excuse to scale down the extravaganza to one wreath last year and nothing this year. Leaving Teri to settle for interior decorations. Here is what is was like one of the last years the lights still worked.
This year Molly and Spencer got their first two wheel bikes.
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| Those training wheels will be gone soon. |
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| First was the walk to the park |
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| This was taken right before we started out for Florida |
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| Christmas day 2010 |
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| Not really during the Christmas season, but this was the last photos we got of Jake and Annie before we left the state. |
So this year Teri had to settle for separate photos with the kids and nothing getting done in time for the annual letter. So here are the little ones with Grandma and Grandpa sometime during the season. My apologies to Jake and Annie for not including them in their “puppy years”. That is when they are so cute (at least when they are asleep) that you can’t bring yourself to sell them to the Gypsies like you keep threatening.
This year Amy said she couldn’t understand why I celebrated Christmas, being an atheist and all. I said that I haven’t “celebrated” the religious aspect of Christmas in a long time, but the traditions around the season (good will, food, gift giving and the gathering of family) were worth keeping. The rest of my comments were censored by the Editor-in-Chief, guess who.
Tomorrow we resume the out-fitting for the first trip in the trailer. Hope to make a practice run around the local parking lots soon.
Stay safe, more later from down the road.
