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12/01....We open December with 45 mph winds and 45 degree temps. Photo by Mike
12/01....Meanwhile, a power failure was underway at home.
12/01....Brothers.
12/01....Two hours later. It helped to have a gas stove
12/01....One hour later.
12/01....Another hour later.
12/01....Why Sam needed the flashlight.
12/01....A different angle.
12/01....Three hours later. What we were watching on Mike's computer
12/03....Thea-----1st Step.
12/03....2nd Step.
12/06....Afternoon naps.
12/07....That's Mike, 3rd from the far left, in a bell choir.
12/07....Babci and Tommy.
12/07....Babci and Dad. Photo by Mike
12/07....Mike also snapped this one of Mom.
12/07....Dad gets some much needed help.
12/10....Broken Axe.
12/10....Hurrying to get our tree before someone else gets it.
12/10....Choosing a tree requires great thought.
12/10....Escort.
12/13....Off to school.
12/14....Sam, as Joseph, in the school Christmas play!
12/14....He was very good.
12/14....Thea sang in the chorus! That's her in the middle.
12/14....Manger scene.
12/14....A better look at Thea, wearing a white dress.
12/14....Sammy had a little trouble exiting.
12/14....Later in the show Mike performed in the bell choir.
12/19....Dad's friend Phillip tried to stop a guy in a wheelchair from falling.
He tore his bicep and will be in rehab for 3 months.
12/19....Steve bonds with his repaired guitar.
12/19....In the holiday mood.
12/19....Sunday Morning escort.
12/19....Twice a year Thea's Irish Dance class lets in parents to watch them practice.
12/19....Thea works hard during the weekly hour class.
12/19....Following teacher.
12/19....High-kicking.
12/19....Up front.
12/19....Not quite all in step.
12/19....Help arrives.
12/19....Much better!
12/20....A hard day at school.
12/20....We tear into a box of St. Nicholas Day treats from Holland!
Thank you very much Tonny and Nico. You are more than generous!!
12/20....Delighted.
12/23....Thea and Abby got some neat note paper from Auntie Kathy.
12/23....News.
12/26....Our annual Wigilia dinner on Christmas Eve.
12/26....Christmas Morning, before the storm.
12/26....Waiting for that last chair to fill.
12/26....The first gift.
12/26....Lots of books were given.
12/26....Abby was the "passer-out" person this year.
12/26....Taking it all in.
12/26....Pleased.
12/26....The calm afterwards.
12/26....The stuffer
12/26....Helping Abby get online.
12/26....Helping Steve get online.
12/26....Helping Thea.
12/26....Helping Dad.
12/26....Tricky transit.
12/26...."Mmmmm Christmas!"
12/26....Dinner theater.
12/26....Sharing memories.
12/26....Our annual sharing of the oplatek, the Christmas Wafer.
For more on the history of this charming tradition, click here.
12/26....Babci and Thea share wishes for the coming year.
12/26....Eric and Tommy.
12/26....Mom and Steve Hartley.
12/26....Phillip and Babci.
12/26....Uncle Henry, Sammy, Steve Hartley and Mary.
12/26....Steve and Eric.
12/26....After dinner bluegrass.
12/26....Mary's high-school friend, Rachel, stopped in.
12/26....Babci sums it up.
12/26....1:47 a.m..
12/26....Auntie Kathy sent in this photo of all tbe Detroit cousins, shooting their marshmallow guns.
12/29....We close out 2006 with this photo of Thea waking up.
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