CHRISTMAS 2007

Above: Bob tries on a Christmas bow

stored in the attic

Above: Mom tries the laurels out on Dave's head


Above: Yvonne decorates Mom & Dad's dining room



Above: Bob removes leaves from the clogged

gutter to impress Santa




Above: Dad hugs daughter Jessica & husband Sean
(Tucker in foreground)





Sean & Tucker



Above: Jessie hugs her cat BEAN, who slept in the loft





Above: Leah McNinch & Baylor (left) & Jessie & Barkley

Above: Chris holds up son Cort, to examine the lights

during a visit to the Zoo for "The Lights Before Christmas"

Above: Cort holds hands with both grandmommies at the Zoo
(both granddaddies in background)

Above: Chris & Cort open presents

Jessie hugs Cort

Alejandro (above) & Kelly had to sleep in the dining room

Above: Christmas games at Bob & Yvonne's house

Above: Mike McGowan holds up the phone

so brother Jeff (on phone)

can hear us wish him Merry Christmas

Above: Christmas tree dessert made by Jessie

Above: Cort is first to open presents on Christmas morning

. . . a train set

Above: Dart board for Jessie & Sean's Den

Above: New Jammies for Sean

Above: Hedgetrimmer for Chris

Above: Hammock for Jessie & Sean

Above: Umbrella for Cort's mommie (Emily)

Above: New grill for Alejandro & Kelly

Above: Yours truly gets a wireless mouse

Above: Cort Scribbles with new crayons

Above: Christmas dinner at Mom & Dad's house

(Dad with Santa cap, Kelly to right, Bob to left)

Stuffed turkies

Above: Mr. & Mrs Santa Claus (dad & mom)

Above: Chris poses with Granddad (a.k.a. groucho)




Above: Brian wishes Dad "Merry Christmas" by phone

Above: Late Christmas for Nicolas. . playing in new tent

Above: Miriam (Nicolas' grandmother from Bogota)

gets a new purse

Above: Kelly, Nicolas & Lynda help Nicolas play with new toys