Lights and Camera

Earlier tonight the boys and I (Steve) played with some of the Christmas lights in the back yard.  We tried a lot of different patterns and ideas, most of them worked out pretty well.  There are more in the slide show below.

Then, when it was midnight on the East Coast, we met the neighbors out front and set off all the fireworks we'd bought cheap last July 5th.
We had a good time saying goodbye to 2012.

The Post-Christmas Post

 We had fun with our multi-day celebration of Christmas.  The best part was spending time with family.  The Denniston clan gathered Christmas Eve (thanks cousin/nephew Jon for the duct tape wrapping jobs!), and the Bullocks on Christmas Day.  Below cousin/niece Sidra shows off her new dress and scarf with Tim's latest moustache.

The Tree is Up!

 We got our tree on Saturday and decorated it on Sunday.  We've been holidaying the house slowly for a couple weeks now, so the tree was the last thing to be done.  There is always a lengthy discussion about who gets to put the star on top of the tree, so for future reference: Joe did it this year.

Steve and the boys are already on Christmas Break this week, Holly will take some time off starting later in the week.  No huge plans except relaxing and getting ready for Christmas.  At times those two things are opposite of each other, but that's all right, we'll have fun getting everything done.

Pass the Dice!

We've been playing a lot of board games lately, and sometimes remembering to snap a picture or two.

The boys love Cosmic Encounter, so in between that we've also played Settlers of Catan, Hearts, Dominion, Risk, Memoir 44, Fluxx, and probably a few others I can't remember.  So many games, so little time.