From Albany, we drove to Lincoln City and--after the obligatory stop at the outlet mall there--arrived at a very nice house at the north end of the city. My sister Laura and her husband Jamey (yes, there is occasional confusion with two Jameys in the house) had rented it for all of us for the holiday.
One of my mother's first priorities was to get us all cleaned up and looking pretty so we could take some family portraits (which we then shot off to Rite-Aid for 1-hour developing so she could get her Christmas cards mailed at the last minute). Here are some of the best ones from our time spent with a tripod and self-timer on the camera . . .
We only took about 250 pictures--and that's a conservative estimate--over the course of four days together. I tried to ruthlessly narrow down how many I would post here, and you'll see I was only marginally successful . . .
Our first gift was on Christmas Eve when Laura brought us the world premier of a DVD that she and a friend had made of our trip to get MelodyJoy last spring. It was fantastic, almost a half hour long with hundreds of photos, four or five different songs and some video that I had never seen before. I know we'll always cherish it. It should have come with a lifetime supply of Kleenex . . .
Aunt Laura and Uncle Jamey with their only niece . . .
and Grandpa enjoys his only granddaughter . . .
It was a big Star Wars Christmas for Jameson. First he got the new Star Wars Lego computer game, then a whole basket of Star Wars figurines and a game, and finally a Star Wars Lego set. Needless to say, it was a good Christmas in his book . . .
MelodyJoy got a little pearl necklace that Aunt Laura bought while in Beijing . . .
Jordan made sure that his gifts to Mom would help make our home a better place to live, especially on Saturday mornings when it's time for pancakes . . .
"The" gift this year was a huge surprise to the boys as Uncle Jamey gave us a 2001 Dodge Dakota, just to make sure that they would have something to drive . . .
The weather was pretty stormy, with huge surf and lots of logs on most of the beach but we still ventured out a few times . . .
Jordan made sure that his gifts to Mom would help make our home a better place to live, especially on Saturday mornings when it's time for pancakes . . .
"The" gift this year was a huge surprise to the boys as Uncle Jamey gave us a 2001 Dodge Dakota, just to make sure that they would have something to drive . . .
The weather was pretty stormy, with huge surf and lots of logs on most of the beach but we still ventured out a few times . . .
Jameson got to do his first kite-flying with a little help from Grandpa . . .
And we got to take advantage of the jacuzzi . . .
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