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Family Photo Album
Christmas 2002 |
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Christmas
2002
Family
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Thanksgiving was fun, with a first-time visit from Victor and Angie
and their kids Robert and Vic. In honor of their visit we not only
cleaned the house, but finally got around to moving the TV to the 3rd
bedroom and buying some new sofas to make the family room 'audio
only'. We bought a prime rib, too large, served two thirds and put
the other third away for ourselves for Christmas. Dave headed back on
the road, taking three trips and not even coming home one week-end.
Christmas started with a thud for us, as Dave was run down from work
and ended up sick for his first five days home (read our letter about
his rough year at work). Jesse received straight A's at college, but
his finals caused him to be late with his home school "Roman
Project" so he ended up working several days during the
vacation. Lyn was in the middle of her continuing health problems and
finishing up a bizarre dental event (which her endodontist commented:
"I've never seen THAT happen before!"). Oh boy! |
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With Jesse now 15 years old, the days of Santa bringing a humongous
haul have been replaced by a few simple presents and one small box
mailed in by Lyn's mom and dad. |
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We repeated our Christmas eve tradition of hitting Dennys at 1pm,
then going over to the local mall around 3pm to drink coffee, tell
stories and people watch.
We have a contest to find the most inappropriate gift suggestion, the
person with the most packages, most kids, most outlandish outfit, the
most bored husband or hurried shopper. Its a time for us to celebrate
our 'normalacy' as we sit in our Florida flower print shirts and
point at people who are all pointing at us. Hmmm, what does it mean? |
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We usually go to church around 7pm, but Dave was still sick and all
of us were exhausted. Instead we headed home for shrimp, chips and
dip, cheese and crackers, more stories, Red Alert, then early to bed. |
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Lyn making breakfast under Jesse's supervision |
Time to open the present from Lyn's parents |
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We slept in, and played some Red Alert together, then listened to
Christmas CD's in the new family 'audio only' room. When we opened
presents, Jesse received another box full of Red Wing stuff from
Lyn's parents, including this very spiffy authentic Yzerman jersey!
Now he has something snazzy to wear when we head to watch the Wings
at our nearby sports pub. He also got a few DVD's from mom and dad |
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The oven broke so our prime rib stayed in the freezer and we headed
out instead to our favorite local Greek restaurant. We really
splurged, having those 'once a year' choices including lobster tails
for Jesse and Lyn's favorite full red snapper, delivered to the table
whole (looking like a dead fish), then deboned with flare by the
server. We told stories over dinner, then stopped by the bakery for a
few favorites to have at home and for the next couple of days. |
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New Years Eve was a quiet evening at home drinking sparkling cider
and watching CNN to see the ball drop in Times Square. Maybe next
year we'll make it to New York City. |
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Thanksgiving was with our newest friends |
A quiet New Years eve at home in the new TV room |
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14 Pictures instead of two or three? We must have bought ourselves a
digital camera this year! |
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Original Web Upload November, 2002
Last Update: November 29, 2002 |
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