Xmas decorating

The kids love it. Like me when I was young, they are oblivious to the amount of work it takes. If it was up to me - this year, I wouldn't have decorated. I know, ba humbug! For the first time EVER, I fully let the kids decorate the (ugly) tree (some artificial thing I bought at Walmart.) I didn't go behind them and replace every ornament making sure each and every one was evenly spaced, etc. (I know you've done it, too!) Anyway, this is what you get - 90% of the ornaments are at the bottom!

Nanny's care package

When Nanny sends a care package, the girls go NUTS. She does it OFTEN, so the girls really look forward to them! The best ones, in the girls' opinion, are when Nanny has cleaned out her junk drawers - the excitement doubles!

Thanks Mary Ruth for the 9,000 Hilton shampoo/conditioner and lotion bottles. The girls instantly wanted to bathe and used every single one of them!

The jingley necklace, bracelet, and hair accessories ARE very cute.

Trumpet playing (beware)... - video, click arrow -

A man stuck in a dirty, foreign country with not a modicum of entertainment will do just about anything for fun when he returns!

Daddy's home

T arrived yesterday - home at last!

The kids were thrilled!!!!!

Some men have a goatee.

T sports a MONSTER-tee!!!

Welcome home, honey, we love you!

Videos from CA

We had so much fun at Drake's Beach in northern CA!

Xian and Uncle Jer jammin' in the garage.

Fun in California...

Our trip was wonderful! San Fran is so beautiful; I love this city! My bro, his wife, their lovely daughters are all so much fun to be around; I wish we could live closer to them.

Thanksgiving Day was exciting, to say the least - LOTS of people - 30 I think.

These random pix tell our story in CA.

Lizard bite

Thankfully LB's lizard bite didn't result in some deadly, grotesque, reptilian disease and she is fine. She'll have a nice scar on her finger, but Xian thinks it is "cool" as it is in the shape of an "L"!