Kids Christmas Tree - Done! 2020

Not so long ago, my first born son received his first Christmas ornament. Thus began a tradition of the kids getting an ornament every Christmas until they turned 18. Here is Alex's first ornament....

Here is his 18th...

This is Brendon's first.....

...and his 18th

 

Tim's first....

...and 18th...

Finally Topher's first..

....and his 18th.

When I first started doing this, I thought the day when my Christmas tree would become full was SO far away. 

There are 72 ornaments, the "Kids Tree" is complete

Enjoy the time you have with them when they are little, because one day you will blink and they will be grown!

Christmas 2020 - A Visit to Club 'Vid

Merry Christmas 2020! We took a visit to Club Vid right after Thanksgiving, so we were all down and out sometime between November 27th to December 18th. Needless to say, our Christmas season was really short! Here are the stockings

Up first, Ashley and Tim!

Candy boxes from Bret and Gina

Candles from Santa

....aaaand money!

Peama's caramels

....aaand money for me! 

Santa got Terry some flippy floppies!

Sangria kit from the Turners

Topher with his stocking

He got a candle (really cool wick lights across the top and looks and sounds like a fireplace)

Candy!

Peama made treats for the doggies!

Peama's caramels!

More candy

aaaannnd Peama's dog treats!

Terry with his goodies

aaand money!

We got Peama a really cool heating pad.

Alex got us a Date Night!

Alex with his goodies!

He brought Bodhi too, but suggested his wild ass might be better off in the car.

Topher making it rain!!

Dad and Sue

Terry and I decided to go in on a air fryer. It is pretty fly. Tim LOVES it! 

Tim gave me a Next Generation mask!

...aaand a First Contact poster!

I didn't get any pictures the next day at Grandma and Grandpa Grames'es house. I am sad because that is the last time I saw Grandpa, but that is another post. We had a great Christmas!

Post From the Past - Happy New Year 2020 (What a year it is going to be!)

I'm posting this and it is time to post this year's pictures! We had a fun party at Guy and Marie's house. 

Little did we know what was in store for 2020. I think we survived it though. We were lucky, we only suffered socially in that we didn't get to go to as many concerts as we wanted. Everything else worked out pretty well (Terry, Tim, Toph and I got the virus, but defeated it pretty soundly!) Hopefully 2021 will bring the healing that we all so desperately need. 

The Great Conjunction - Winter Soltice 2020

The Great Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter occurred on the winter solstice. Not seen this close together since the 17th Century! 

 It was also being referred to as the Christmas Star. Honestly, with it being 2020, I was sure it was signaling the end of the world! We survived though. Merry Christmas!