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Tahoe

Again, just a few random pictures from the trip to Tahoe the week after Christmas. This is one Marcella took out of her bedroom window in the Castle. Also, there are a lot of pictures of her with her god-kids here.

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Raclette

For Christmas, Susan got Elizabeth a raclette machine for Tahoe. Looks like wikipedia defines the term as a type of cheese (which it is). It is also a type of cooking where you heat the cheese at your table and eat it. Similar to fondue, but with a grill and not a pot of oil (or cheese). Turns out the kids really loved it. Make them cook their own meals for a change.

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Christmas

Just a few pictures from Christmas day.

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Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

We went to church this afternoon for the Christmas Eve children’s pageant. Sam didn’t want to dress up again this year but Katy and Margaret were angels. Click on the photo for more pictures.

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Sam’s Christmas Concert

Sam Sings

Sam had his Christmas concert at school today. This one was better than most because they had someone playing the organ and you could actually hear the kids sing. I got a few pictures, Elizabeth got video of most of it.

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Margaret's Christmas list

This is Margaret’s letter to Santa. Click on it to see a bigger picture.

I think she wrote this in the computer lab at school.  They told them to write to Santa.  Clearly, Margaret is not familiar with the format of a letter to Santa (Dear Santa, I want X, Y and Z for Christmas), and thought it should be like a normal letter to a friend or relation.

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Katy’s Christmas List

Katy's Christmas list

Just found this that Katy left on the stairs. I figured I would share it with everyone. Click on it to see a bigger picture.

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Tree Trimming

Katy Star

Tonight was the tree trimming. We actually got the tree and put it up a few days ago, but because of the gingerbread party and the Christmas parade, it took us a while to get balls on it. This was Katy’s year to put on the star.

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Gingerbread

Katy

Today was the big gingerbread house decorating party. We (Elizabeth) had 20+ kids over for most of the afternoon. Of course we had the jumpy house up as well.

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Christmas Parade

Brownies

Today was the (50th) annual Christmas parade in Los Gatos. Margaret rode in a float with her Brownie troup. We all went down to watch her.