Christmastide

Christmas Day

Merry Christmas!

Sisters

Brothers

Parents

Sarah & Chris

Jenny & David

a little entertainment until we're all ready

Jenny shoots for the basket

Lisa is the first recipient of the strange orange cat Alan got as his white elephant gift at the German Club party 2 weeks previously.

Passing the sword? no, it's actually a campfire sandwich toaster.

Yes, Glen really got an anvil for Christmas. Even Grandma & Grandpa were in on the secret since we had it delivered to their house.

solar eclipse shades and a purple football!

Robot fish from Lisa.

A dragon! Toothless from the movie 'How to Train Your Dragon'.

Lisa is stylin' with new scarf from Jenny & David and coat from Sarah & Chris.

Alan read reviews and picked out this game for Jenny & David.

Lisa made a computer-themed cave to house this red dragon.

Lisa made Chris this "Official Member of the Family" shirt.

Glen looks through his very special calendar.

We all went over to Grandma & Grandpa's home to wish them a Merry Christmas.

The kids stayed there while Glen & I went to the airport to pick up Grandmother and then brought her back to the house on Sentinel to say "Hi".

Back at our house, Grandmother got her stocking and gifts.

solar eclipse shades for her, too. We're ready for 2017 - total eclipse visible in the USA!

Fall decor from Roger.

Grandmother chose to pass along Granddad's radiation physics tie to Chris, who is now working on nuclear power plants for GE-Hitachi.

Getting the toppings ready for Christmas Pizza.

It's not Christmas at our house without Christmas Pizza!