The Holidays - 2002
Christmas
Bud and I returned to Connecticut for Christmas.
Gifts were piled all around the Christmas tree.
We went to the Christmas Eve church service where Geoffrey and Erin sang in the choir.
Afterward I managed to get everyone to hold still long enough for a family photo.
On Christmas morning, the kids were allowed to open their stockings before breakfast.
After breakfast, Christine read a Christmas story to us while Erin leaned on me.
Hugging a grandchild is heavenly.
While the kids opened gifts, the family cat Janie had other ideas.
We had a big dinner, the kids played with their new toys and games,
Christine and I cleaned up the kitchen,
and John and Bud did what men do best.
The day after Christmas, the kids put their new snow toys to good use.
The music on this page is O Holy Night by Clappeau and Adam.