Week 2 of the Christmas Break

Today was the first day of my second week off. I don't usually get this much of a holiday, but this year the calendar helped out and stretched this break out by adding an extra weekend. I will not go back to work until Monday the 5th.

It has been good to spend a significant amount of time with Debbie and the kids. I think we are all enjoying it.

Lego Car

David gave me a Lego kit for Chirstmas. How cool is this!

I took about three hours to build last evening. There are also a couple of other models which I will build soon.

Thanks Dave!

Decorated for the season

It's Christmas eve and Debbie thinks things are ready. She has checked everything off of her list. I am fairly happy with my outside decorations. Maybe next year we'll win a prize.

Merry Christmas!

Here is a picture of the wreath that I made.



All of the greens are from my back yard. Except the holly with berries which is from Mom and Dad's yard.

Google Chrome

I've been trying out Google Chrome and so far I like it. It's fast. Also, I like the way Google has rethought the browser. It really feels like more of an application platform than an application unto itself. IE always feels overloaded and heavy to me. (and Firefox is getting a bit that way too). There are so many features in those browsers that I don't use.

Getting The Kids to Bed

No matter what we do it seems to take about an hour to get the kids settled in bed. Sara does pretty well going to sleep still, but Seth takes much longer. He is up and down and trying every trick he can think of to stay up a little longer.

Tonight Sara got wound up like Seth does and Will used to do. It is the first time I've noticed that.

I took the day off

I took the day off to do a little elf work today. Mom an Dad kept the kids while Debbie and I went out. We even had a lunch date!

Happy Holidays!

 
Happy Holidays from Seth and Grandpa! (I speak for both of them)

Heard While Decorating the Tree

Bob - "Wow you guys, that tree is really getting loaded with stuff"
Seth - "Getting loaded is the best part"
Bob - "I totally agree"