Christmas Eve and Day

Assorted Pictures from December 23-25th.
Gary & Cathy in their new house.
Joe and Colin before Dirty Santa at Gary's
Michael doing what he does best at home!
Christmas Morning birds.
Greg and Jennifer at Joyce's Christmas Dinner.
Jess and Lyn's Bob after dinner.
Game of wrap the present blindfolded, Jason had the prettiest and Lyn was the fastest!
Some of the lights on the 23rd at Creekmore Park after the train ride.
Handsome Michael and pretty Ashley in line for the train.
My favorite Joes!
Ludy thinking she was going to get to keep the luggage during the Dirty Santa! Who does she think she's kidding!!

The line up 1
Line up 2
Line up 3 Who is that little guy who keeps showing up in all these pictures??




Christmas morning drive way shot.
A Pappa, a boy and a good dog in a recliner, it doesn't get much better than this!
A great gift opener.
Ice cream after train riding and light watching.
I take off!


Musical instruments from Aunt Cathy and Uncle Gary.

What? No chainsaw for the mother-in-law???
Ah....relaxing!
It was a great Holiday, but we still missed Jon and Kristen!!!

Jon & Kristen's Dives

NCL Cruise Dec 12-19 2009

So ...after being gone for most of November, we headed for the Eastern Caribbean in December.
The above shot is Joe in the Miami airport before heading home. The pictures are not in sequence and mostly from the last of the cruise to the beginning.
Waiting for our luggage tag color to be called to disembark from the ship
Jonathon, Me and Joe after dinner on our last night out.

Kristen and Dani waiting around before our dinner reservations.
Jess, Kristen, Jon, Harold and Joe on Great Stirrup Cay.
Harold, Jon and Pat doing guys things.
Joe on the water slide on Great Stirrup Cay.
Ladies night out to Mambo's for drinks and dinner. We had a blast.


Norman Island private beach near Tortola, British Virgin Island
75 foot Sailboat ride over to Norman Island to dive.

Getting ready to leave St. Thomas ..what a view of the bay.

Jess, Harold and Joe on Megan's Bay, St.Thomas, BVI
Our ship in the background. how lucky was that our ship was first in line at the pier and the Christmas Tree in the perfect location!
Jon and Kristen
Laura and The Pirate
Fun in St. Thomas

A private beach somewhere near Samana, Dominican Republic


Harold and Jess on part of our Hike, Bike and Kayak adventure!
Joe.....fast on the bike for an old guy!
Kristen and the Donkey discussing the bike problem. :-)
Joe and Laura near the "blow hole" near Samana

Jon and Kristen near the blow hole as well.
Just of the tender boat in Samana


Watching the ball game in one of the lounges on board
Dinner with the kids
Bill and Connie


Out back in the outdoor grill area
Leaving Miami




Yes, we all had to put on the life jackets for the drills
Just after we boarded we headed up to the top lounge for peace and quite.