Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Christmas 2006

On Christmas we drove to Penick Village in Southern Pines to spend the day with Lil. I think we all had a good time (despite what one of the pictures suggest :-). The dinner menu included roast duck and prime rib - in very generous proportions and very well prepared.

Hazel had had surgery on the 14th of December. It was related to our three sons using her womb as a trampoline, practice soccer field, etc. As you can see, her recuperation has gone well.

Although many residents had probably gone home, the dining room was quite full and it struck me that we seemed to be the only family that had shown in large numbers. Penick Village permitted us to use a meeting room so we could have our private gathering.

Hazel and I were there with Jason who was spending Christmas with us. Kay and Meta, Hazel's sisters and their families were also there. The only people unable to attend were our other two sons, Travis and Josh and their families. They are living in California so that makes for a rather long drive.
















Jason, while visiting us made a drastic mistake. He agreed to let us give him a haircut. I've got Hazel trimming my hair so it seemed like an easy proposition to cut Jason's hair. He told us the setting he used for the trimmer and we dived in. Unfortunately, the setting seemed to be different on our trimmer. Since we started on the back he couldn't see what was happening until it was too late. Actually the battery ran low on the trimmer after the first few swipes so he had to walk around for a couple hours with a peculiar cut - long in front and very short in back - until the trimmer recharged. Anyway, the end result was a haricut that should last him a long time...maybe six months even. I wonder if that is why he isn't smiling in his pictures.














Please forgive the mix of font captions, I am experimenting with Blogger and Photoshop to obtain more freedom in my posts.













Meta, Bill, and Margaret




Will and Taylor




Jason and Chris can barely contain their excitement.













Bill, Will, Chris, and Taylor
















Ferdinand

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