Christmas 2006/December 2006 Update
Pictures for December 2006: http://www.ghostsailorphotos.com/December2006/
Well, Christmas this year was spent with my (Ang's) family in Idaho. It was a special Christmas because we were celebrating a 20 year reunion with one of our foreign exchange students we had when I was growing up. Her name was Kelly, and she was with us 20 years ago. She's from Australia, but her family and background is very much Greek. My parents rented a cabin in McCall, Idaho, the small town where I grew up.
The kids and I had planned on leaving on the 16th of December. It was the only day that had flights open. Of course for those of you who heard about the big storm in the Northwest, that was on the 14/15th of December. Of course the Seattle airport was closed down all day on the 15th and part of the day on the 16th, so we weren't going to be flying anywhere (we fly standby and there would be no seats until after the holidays). So, we decided to drive. It was a very pleasant drive once we got over Snoqualmie Pass.
The week before Christmas was spent dealing with very sick kids and trying to finish up the last minute Christmas shopping. Kelly and her new husband, Bill arrived on the 21st and we headed to McCall on the 23rd. It had been snowing quite a bit in McCall and it was a beautiful drive. It was a wonderful Christmas full of cooking, sledding, playing poker (
), and just relaxing.
Here's Kelly and Bill relaxing:
Zak playing in the snow:
The kids making cookies for Santa:
And the whole gang getting ready to go sledding:
What a great Christmas!
