| CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS! | |||
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We had quite the tree this year. It was about a 9 foot Frazier Fir and it looked pretty nice - of course "wrestling" with these live trees year after year does get old... |  pookxmas.jpg 65.94 Kb |
Pook (the Buddhist) partakes in the Western Custom of decorating "O' Tannenbaum" [sp?]. |
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The Gangs all here! Our First Christmas with just our immediate family in our OWN HOUSE! Time to start those traditions (or at least borrow heavily from our FOLKS traditions!). |  xmashats.jpg 37.92 Kb |
Feeling Festive. |
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The Lincoln New York Holiday Party. Once again Gary arranged and conducted the "SYR-MGMT Singers". Here we are with other LNY long-timers Kathy Gorman & Karen Ritgert. |  lnyxmas2000dance.jpg 23.84 Kb |
"Gary, you are such a 'creative' dancer..." |
| CHRISTMAS! Christmas morning was "family solo", but we were soon joined by "Aunt Kerri" for some of the rest of the week, and then the Gerbers through New Years Day. | |||
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"SANTA WAS HERE!!!" |  santatoys.jpg 54.38 Kb |
"Oh boy, just what I wanted!" |
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Wally not only got a "spring-loaded hobby horse" but a full scale (intended to be outdoor) playhouse. I'm guessing Santa stayed up late a couple nights putting those together (good thing he left playhouse instructions, 'cause I gotta do it all again to get it setup OUTSIDE). |  gerberspresenttime.jpg 43.87 Kb |
It was pretty much present-time for several days, what with "Eve", late package deliveries, Kerri's arrival, the Gerbers arrival - sheesh; those Kern kids must've been AWFUL GOOD this year. |
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Christmas Cousins. |  couchtime.jpg 53.96 Kb |
There was a least plenty of time to relax and let Kerri, Rachel & Kathi, as well as Tim, get (re)acquainted with Wally & Lucky. |
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Gerbers were impressed by the Central New York Snow! |  holidaygoodies.jpg 29.23 Kb |
Let's see, we've opened presents and gone out in the snow - I guess that just leave making and eating more GOODIES! By the way, that taco cheese dip is still around. |
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Even though Grandpa wasn't there, the domino's were for the obligatory New Year's Eve Game Night. |  happy2001.jpg 28.02 Kb |
"Happy REAL new millennium! Now, can we go to bed?" |