This evening (Saturday) will be a family game night. That will be the last gathering for the tree which will come down on Sunday. Then it’s back to normal.

Merry Christmas!!! The whole family sends the best of wishes to everyone in the world. My you enjoy the good message of this day no matter where you are.

The lights are flashing as people visit. It’s fun knowing you are visiting. We’ll set to opening presents at about 9:30am (once the Starbucks run has happened). We have teenagers now so we don’t get awaken at 6am any more.

As you have probably noticed, today is clean the house and cook day.  People should start arriving around 3pm PST and we’ll be sitting down to dinner at sunset (around 4:30pm). Everyone else will show up at 6pm.

Merry Christmas to you all!!

It’s sad then the Christmas tree stops taking water. At first a new Christmas tree will need to be watered twice a day. But, a little before Christmas, they slow down. It’s a little sad. One sign that Christmas will be over soon.

Christmas is closing in on us. Christmas Eve day will be a lot of cooking. We’re having wagilia dinner at sundown (sitdown dinner for immediate family) and then the extended family (about 20 people) is coming over for family present unwrapping. There will be a lot of food with dinner and then a buffet. Have a yummy Christmas.

We survived the Great Northwest Windstorm but we had enough power hits to make us turn off all the computers. But no trees fell on the house so we’re doing pretty well.

The tree is up!!! A nice tree from the local boy scouts. The cat thinks it’s the greatest thing that we brought a tree right into her house. Merry Christmas!

Looks like it’s that time of year again. We’ll probably put up the tree the weekend of the 9th of December (don’t want to rush Christmas too much). That doesn’t mean that all decorations are being put off — the garland is up in the livingroom and the Christmas lights are on the front of the house. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all.

The turkey is in the Weber, potatoes are peeled, tables are set… time to take a shower and wait for the family. Happy Thanksgiving.

Since my mom has finally moved out of her old, gigantic house, the family Thanksgiving falls to one of the boys. This year, we’ll have all the family over to eat turkey and all the usual gastronomic pleasures of the holiday. Please stop by Thanksgiving day.