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December 24th, 2001

I figured that te last couple of days has been filled with photos of

The kids playing Nintendo

The kids playing on the swingset

The kids riding bikes

Therefore, I figured you were sick of pics of the kids doing whatever, so I tried to go light today.

This morning started out with my famous Pancake Breakfast.  We had pancakes, 2 lbs of bacon and scrambled eggs, with Orange Juice to drink.  We fed the troops, then everyone took off to go shopping except myself.  Michele, Kathy and Chuck went off to Sams, and Mike and Debb took their kids and went to Walmart and Home Depot.  The boys played while Victoria and I took a nap.  I figured we both could use one.  Later, Chuck and Mike tried driving around Austin to find the container store to buy more boxes.  We figured they finally stopped andasked for directions!

Chuckie was smart - he took a nap like me...

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Also, early this morning Chuckie met up with Tigger, and it was a hissing contest of epic proportions!  Here's Tigger guarding the presents -

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Jason was smart too -

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When Michele and Kathy arrived home from shopping, they fixed some snacks for lunch -

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Here's Kathy helping fix the snacks...

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After lunch, the gang hung out and watched a Christmas Story on TV,

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While Everyone else finished wrapping.  Deb was actually making last minute gift/ornaments.  These were cool!

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After getting the kids to bed - "Hey, I hear Sleigh Bells!  Santa is coming!" around 10:00 pm, (I had to lay with them to get them to sleep without goofing off.....) The Late Night Gang begins their annual ritual of creating "Present Hill".

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I tried to get a wide-angle view......

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But did not have much luck, so I went for the "Santa's Eye-In-The-Sky" -

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Keep in mind, these are gifts for 14 people, and two cats, so it looks large but it's not as bad as you'd think...

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Tomorrow the kids will rise early!