Merry Christmas!

Bob & Leeann hosted Christmas at their place.  Sherry & Ralph were there with all but two of their kids, Mike & Dana came with their kids and Becky & I were there with all our kids.  Full house.

Sam & Ben both had to return Christmas day due to their work schedules, so we went up Christmas Eve.  I actually worked Christmas Eve so Becky drove up early that morning and I left when I was done.

Christmas day was a wonderful time.  Opened presents, played with family, a big midday meal.  Then I brought Ben home while Becky & Tabby stayed with her parents until Sunday afternoon.

Christmas evening I had a great, long conversation on the phone with my parents.  Mostly I just kicked back & relaxed through Sunday.

Yay Christmas!

We finally got our Christmas tree up on Saturday.  Bought some new strings of lights 'cause our old ones had too many burnt out bulbs.  I even got some extra lights to put on the bushes outside this year.  I've been waiting for it to stop raining to put them up.

Finally got some Christmas shopping done.  Most of it done, in fact, on Amazon.  There were some frustrating moments when I wanted my order shipped to multiple addresses.  Amazon didn't really make it clear that the "Next" button (or whatever it was called) actually sent the item.  I assumed it would direct me to a "divide up your order" screen.  Turns out I was already on the "divide your order" screen ... you just had to know where to look.  I guess now I do.  I also know how to correct an erroneous address.

Christmas Pictures!

For some reason, Tabby decided that what she really wanted for Christmas was a shark.  Every time we saw Santa that's what she asked him for.  And guess what?  He listened!

Of course, she got plenty of other loot, too.

Tabby and Sam both got My Little Pony shirts.  I think Sam was even more excited about that than Tabby.

Honestly, Jackson and I were there Christmas morning, too.  As usual, though, the best pictures include Tabby and none of ours did.

Christmas Moments

Tabby came running down to our room all excited at about 6 AM, "Mom! Dad! There are presents!"

Ben opened the Minecraft t-shirt we got him. A second later he saw the note, "go check the computer". I've never seen him bolt so fast.

Sam opened the brony shirt we got him, hugged it, "I'm happy. I got what I wanted. Tabby, go put your Rainbow Dash shirt on. Let's get a picture together."

Jack handed out gifts to everyone this year that he had bought with his own money from working at his own job.

Merry Christmas!

What?! How did I let Christmas go by like that?


Well we had a great one. Had a nice morning here in Green Bay then drove over to Wisconsin Rapids for the rest of the weekend.



Presents!



One of the most popular presents of the day: Tabby's Dragon



All the girl cousins