Well another Christmas morning has come and gone. Of course there were too many presents. Sam’s favorite was the truck full of cars, Margaret liked everything, and Katy got an iPod shuffle. Katy just took a quick trip with to Palo Alto with her Grandmother so she could listen to her music in the car. The Groom’s came down for brunch this morning as well. Now it is time for all to nap. Also, while I was in Japan, I got all of the kids kimonos.
We had a Christmas Eve pageant at church today. Sam started off being a shepard, but then decided not to join in. Margaret and Izzy were angels.
Here are Sam’s school pictures. We got them on CD this year instead of actual prints.
Today we all went to church to see Katy become an acolyte. This was the first time that she did this at church. She has been training for a while. Click on the picture above for a few more pictures.
This was the day for Katy and Margaret’s winter concert. Lots of movies. Elizabeth helped Katy’s class make the Winter Concert banner that ended up being used for the kindergarten as well. Here are the pictures. I don’t know why, but the title picture doesn’t show up for me.
With Rusty in Japan, I have no way to get post pictures on the site. Sorry. But it has been a big week, so check back for photos next week. By then we should have audio and video up from Margaret and Katy’s piano recital (both did very well, and I am especially proud of Margaret who stayed perfectly calm and was most poised, even though she admitted afterwards that she had been nervouse before her first recital). Also, there will be a new batch of house pictures from Tahoe taken during my quick trip up there to meet with the electricians on Monday. Tomorrow and Friday bring concerts at both schools, so we should have some photos and video from those performances as well. And hopefully, Rusty will have some more photos of interesting things from Japan.
Katy got new shoes. Lately, I have had “Blue Suede shoes”, and “angels want to wear my” Red shoes. Katy has made fun of my shoes and she goes out and buys these. Elizabeth won’t tell me how much they cost. I am just wondering where I can get me a pair.
Elizabeth went up to Tahoe to check on the construction. Things are continuing to move along. The outside of the house is pretty much wrapped up. The scaffolding came down on Tuesday. The plumbers and electricians are in doing their rough in. I will go up after Christmas and do my rough in work. Elizabeth also thought that the house needed a wreath on it. Bret needed his picture on the site as well.
Katy and Margaret had their recital while I was in Japan. It was Margaret’s first, I was sad to miss it. Elizabeth took some movies (and pictures for me). They both did very well.
Tokyo is an interesting place. Christmas is much bigger here than I expected. You can buy beer in a vendnig machine. Hello Kitty actually is everywhere. The picture above was on the door of the subway. They seem to be a bit more scared than we are (or at least there are signs up all around) about terrorism. There are no garbage cans in any of the subways for example. Updated with all the pictures I took while I was in Tokyo.