Family and friends
Gather near the tree of lights
One day of the year.

A Photorecord of Christmas 2004

Another year gone, another Christmas down.  Let's see what wonderful surprises the three-day holiday presented us with this year.  :)

As usual, as the family member with the most experience with digital photography, I was in charge of the grand event of "family photos."

Let's call this one a test picture.

Oh, there we go.

Dark, I know.  I'll have to adjust the camera settings next time.

Better have one with just the actual family itself.

And now one of mom and dad.

And one with just the kids.  Way to dress up, Jeff.

Okay, photos done.  Mom unwraps first.  It's a rule.

Linde and Mark (her boyfriend) and the Christmas tree.

Look at all the presents.

And my tripod in the foreground.  Oops.

Next morning.  (I know, I didn't take very many photos of Christmas Eve.)  This is a view along the road to my parents' house.   They're building an overpass over a nearby railway crossing.  That's a really, really big pile of dirt to the right.

The road to my parents' house.

There used to be a row of choke cherry bushes along there, but the county tore them out.  :P

The cars lined up at my grandmother's house.

Lots of people.  I even know a couple of them.

Of course, the very first thing anyone said to me was "It's about time!"  Gah, people, it's Christmas.  Be nice.

Another family picture (plus Shandra).  She doesn't know it yet, but we're charging her 25 cents for every picture she's in.  It's a family custom.  Really.

More assorted people who may or may not share a portion of my genetic sequence.

Hey, let's see if Deanne can orchestrate 15 grandkids at once!

Not too bad.  Except we're all squinting because it's too bloody early.  See, if we had this later in the day, we wouldn't have this trouble . . .

Tabby/Haley/Dana.

Far, far too many presents.