This Christmas South

I can try and wrap up our southern holiday in just a few words and photos but.... what fun would that be. I'll revisit some of my personal highlights, which may be and most definitely is other people's lowlights.

Let's start here, since this is the first thing I saw when we got off the plane,
confirming the fact that yes, we were in Georgia.


The hosts were ready to fill their house with Christmas cheer.


We had a new baby to meet, Charlotte Evelyn, and boy is she adorable.


Here's Leanne, who last time I saw her she was barely a month old. Now she's up and attacking.


I think Madison had her holidays mixed up.


Someone heard I like pancakes. They didn't hear the words "to eat" in there tho.


This here? This is apple time. I made it up.


We got in some hot tubbing.


Laura picked this girl up every chance she got.


While I couldn't pry these monkeys off me with a crowbar.


Christmas night ended with a slightly racist Little Audrey cartoon from the 50's.


I have no idea what happened here but I see a struggle, a gun, and a woman down.


The kids went swimming. We were in the south after all.


This is the punishment mask we made the kids wear if they acted up or stole each others gifts.


Family photo time brought inevitable mayhem, but
Laura & I took a stoic approach to our annual pose.


Here's the whole gang. Yes we did take a better one
head on with all smiles but how boring is that?


This photo is entitled "People That Aren't Quite Sure How They Got Here".

Good visit and a great start to Christmas. Krupps surprised again with crazy unexpected gifts, from massive umbrellas to bubble machines to stuffed rabbits to rainsticks to mini parthenons. So good times.

Christmas has begun with a bang. What would really take it up a notch?

Oh yeah... this....