Christmas 2013

 First we celebrated here on the 22nd.

What fun to see the excitement on Oliver and Trenton's faces as they open gifts.

 Lots of packages!

 Trenton likes the magnetic Ball of Whacks because it can be configured many ways.

 Oliver can even do Simon with his feet!

 Then it was on to Mom's to exchange presents.

Mom's holding a picture of her entire family and an album from her 90th birthday party.

 The tree is small but very colorful and nice in her living room.

 Then it was time to celebrate with everyone in Paramus. The kids got all set up to play video games downstairs but had only about 10 minutes to play on a busy Christmas afternoon.

 Thanks Carolyn and Dino for hosting us and feeding us. It was great to see everyone again.

 Thanks, Caroline for taking a nice picture of all of us - a first!

 This year we took pics with our better camera, too, with great results.

 What a good pic of a happy family.

 The pictures wouldn't be complete without our annual timer-taken pic of us with a special gift. Jay's holding a headlamp; John's holding binoculars; and I'm holding my Surface tablet. 

 Floppy's been coming around lately!

Yes, that's a deer with floppy ears, like a dog's! We see her frequently.