Lighting Up

What were we doing a couple of weeks ago when the weather was so nice? Well, we hadn't even thought about putting the Christmas lights up. Therefore, Vern and Zachary had a chilly morning as they worked on putting up the Christmas lights. Since this year we had mostly new lights the biggest challenge was finding working extension cords. Hopefully the lights will last through Christmas. It seems like every year after only a couple of weeks some of the lights start dieing. But for now, we will enjoy the lights.

Christmas 2007 Part 1

Here are some pictures from our Christmas in Chicago. I labeled it part one since we were having another family Christmas here in Durham with Caleb and Kristina. Unfortunately we were not able to be together as a whole family for Christmas. But we were happy that we were able to spend time with Zachary as he was going to be by himself for Christmas. We made a lot of fun memories with family in Chicago. Titus got a twister game for Christmas and we had some good laughs and fun times with that. Although I ate too much so wasn't up to twister at the time. I sure we will get some games in now during the break though. Instead of the traditional turkey meal we had steaks on the b-q which was a real treat. We did not have a white Christmas and none of us were disappointed!

Lighting Up

Yesterday wasn't really the warmest day and yet each day is seeming to get even colder. Therefore it was time for some Father and Son bonding time putting up the Christmas lights outside. (Titus was definitely needing a cup of hot chocolate when he finished up.) We were a bit disappointed about the netting of lights Vern put on the porch. They were all working but by the time Vern hung them up, the middle sections stopped working. We tried to work with them, but there was no way we could get them all to light up again. However, we are enjoying the lights that are working.