Roger, Anne, Glen, Lisa
Alan, Jenny, Lily, David
We had 8 of us here for Christmas this year.
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Roger, Anne, Glen, Lisa
Alan, Jenny, Lily, David
We had 8 of us here for Christmas this year.
An old ornament (Anne & Glen's first Christmas together),
and a new one (Roger's gift from Aunt Wendy)
The Cattans are here!
David brought his sourdough starter with him, so we were treated to
bread, crackers, crumpets, and sourdough pizza crust.
Lily likes watching the mixer in action.
a batch of sourdough crackers. They're especially good fresh from the oven.
Aunt Lisa is here!
Lily gets to open a few things early.
Dinner at Culver's.
Hanging stockings, with a new one for Lily!
Roger updated his tag.
What's wrong with this picture?
That's better!
Some Castles.
Jenny finishes putting the ornaments on the tree.
Lily finds the Teletubbies
Happy Hanukkah!
David's maternal heritage includes Sephardic Jews from the Isle of Rhodes.
Now Lily also claims that heritage.
We got out Great Aunt Annie's china to be festive.
Waiting for stockings.
The ceremonial flip of the Uno card to determine who goes first.
Lily gets her own pizza pan from Santa.
A pause between stockings and the standard gift pile.
Lisa and Jenny exchanged cleaning implements. Well, Lisa's is
actually a cat toy for Fortune, but it looks like a duster!
Jenny & David gave Glen the gift of hassle-free acquisition of
his favorite cereal. Our 'local' Trader Joe's aren't very local.
Glen picked this out for Lisa in Florida. It reminded him, and her, of
her dress from Hawaii in 1987 that she outgrew a long time ago.
it's a crazy orange cat!
Lily really likes watching the mixer as David works on a batch of sourdough for pizza crust.
Glen loads the claw machine.
Trying out the claw machine.
David makes sourdough Millenium Falcon crumpets.
Lily and her entourage.
Chickapig, a new game from Shelton & Dot. Looks like we're taking it way too seriously!
The duck infestation hits a game of 7 Wonders.
'Daddy, play this card.'
Jenny and Anne baked while Lily napped and the rest of the family went
to see The Rise of Skywalker.
Lily models her Level I Human D&D onesie. She has +20 charisma, but little experience.
Another walk - Lily is a pretty competent walker now. She started just before Halloween.
Packing up for the trip home.
The Christmas Dragon looks larger when deployed in the garage to dry out.
Snow on New Year's Eve, so Lisa got us out to check out the creek.
Homemade Pad Thai.
Castles
It was a tame New Year's Eve. Lisa's flight left at 5:45am on January 1st.
Tracking the flight, it was nice to see that she missed the two big storm
systems and had a safe trip home.