Look what we built with Daddy! If you look REALLY closely, you may be able to see our surprise Christmas Cardinal over in the brownish scrub...

Walt's making sure the train runs smoothly, Daddy reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and the kids checking out what Santa brought!

Oops - sorry for the sideways view! We're on our way to our Christmas Eve service - Children's Pageant. Thank you very much for the very cute outfits, Meme!!!

Grandpa taught Walt about "dry docks".

Walt & Annalee do a little prep work for holiday baking (Libby was at pre-K).

Decorating the tree and having fun:

OOPS!! That's the Potomac River (below!) - sorry! Also, if you click on the individual photos, they will enlarge and if you click on them a 2nd time, the image is sharper if you care to print them.

St. Clement's Island on the Patuxent River, MD.

Grandma & Grandpa came the week before Christmas. We were all very excited. The weather was nice several days before Christmas Day so we took a little field trip to St. Clement's Island to see the museum with special holiday exhibits of dolls, dollhouses & trains.

Posing with Rev. Paula at the Santa breakfast (keep scrolling way down for the fotos with Santa!). Libby: "Rev. Paula, I just love your hair - it's white just like Grandma's...and Santa's! And you have such a pretty voice! (she's from Ireland)"

Sagwa, you sneaky cat! You're looking for an extra meal, we know...not a chance!

Well, those posts were reversed when I typed them in (below)... oh, well, you'll get the idea!

Hey, look! It's a surprise appearance
from Sheegwa! She is letting us pet
her a bit each day now - on her terms
of course!





Libby just LOVES Sagwa! (we all do!) Hhmmm, "Sagwa, do you think you could fly like Tinkerbell?

OOPS!!!... Halloween Fun!

We were able to travel back to MD thru part of the Blueridge parkway...:

Biltmore Stables: