Christmas at Gma & Gumpy's House

Zoe poses in one of her Christmas presents - a Yoda hat. Actually, Zoe is a character straight out of the Star Wars movies, a distant cousin of the real Yoda. Sometimes we call her Zoda!

Mr. Peackock

This summer, Isabel and Zoe went to the zoo with Gma and Gumpy. The first bird we saw was a beautiful peacock, who began to spread his wings and flutter his feathers as soon as he saw Beautiful Bela. So, then, one day in early December, Gma and Gumpy went into a store called Playthings at the Hilldale Mall. Lo and behold, just one solitary two-handed puppet peacock beamed down at them. Immediately, Mr. Peacock jumped into Gumpy's hands. It was Isabel's peacock at once!

Pre-Vacation Preparations

Here are Craig, Gma Kathy, Zoe, Isabel, and Judy posing in front of the tree. Gma Kathy had just opened their gift of sunshiney, fun vacation items - note the sunglasses and hat. Dominican Republic, here we come and Gumpy, too (in late February!)

Andy Feeling Mellow

Ah, Christmas break! Also, the good news of 3 A's and a B+ for the first semester. Well done! Andy's a linguistics major at UW Madison.

Andy Opens His Gifts

Andy shows a little Christmas spirit, opening a package of bandanas from brother Craig and sister-in-law Judy and family. He also received a cool wall clock. Gumpy and Isabel supervise. Note the tree in the background - same tree as last year. It grows outside in its pot in the summer out on the patio.

Cuddly New Bathrobe

Mommy Judy, Zoe and Isabel snuggle up in the new bathrobe Mommy received from Gma and Gumpy. Judy loves frogs, hence the green color. It's her first bathrobe since college!

Craig (aka Darth)

Craig models his new Darth Vader zip up hoody. Quite colorful on the back side. It was a Star Wars Christmas for Daddy!