Vacation stuff.

Tom and Tara at my dad's house. I like this silly photo.




The tree after it came down.




My favorite gift. A set of dishes.

The tree banging on the house. It was the one in the previous picture that is no more.

Christmas with Tom and Sheri (after Christmas)

Inside the Christmas Story house. Near the bathroom.

The house and the crowds!

The fam

It's been fun. We've gone to the Christmas Story house in Cleveland. I've seen my friend, Debi and we attempted to learn to crochet. Well.... I can do it but get stuck knowing where to put the hook when I do a second row. They tell me it gets easier. I don't know. I want to be like my grandparents and mom, who could make afghans.

I've been hampered by an ear infection that just won't leave me. I am beginning to worry that it's my jaw and not just an infection. That scares me.

The Christmas house was just too fun. It was really crowded but I managed. There is the original house from the movie, which has been set up to look like a 1941 house inside, very much like the movie. There is also a museum and a gift shop in separate houses

Emily is turning 10 this Monday, Jan. 5th. She wants to get her ears pierced AND go to the toy store. She's on the precipice. Not yet a woman, not just a little girl.

One of the trees is down. It was contracting in the winter just enough that when a gust of wind came, it would slam in the house with a sound of 10 doors slamming. This happened day in and day out. One down. Yipeeee!

I have pictures from Christmas that were cute. Maybe I'll post them on another day.