Xmas at Jim and Ann Marie's

Christian and Alexandra

Christmas 2007, I stayed with Jim and Anne Marie's. Gunter came down for Christmas and it was great fun with all the around. The hardest thing is getting the kids all in one spot; Alexandra & Eric James lives in Pennsylvania, Christian in Mississippi, his brother and Father in Pennsylvania and Gunter in Oregon. Everyone is spread out all over the U.S. Gunter has decided that leaving Klamath Falls to go back home is never considered a vacation, even though one has to take his/her vacation to go away for Xmas.

My greatest joy is just having all the goodies and the family around. I have to say that the favorite foods are the meals and desserts that Ann Marie makes...cheesecakes, cookies and fruitcake. Fattening but wonderful! She is a wonderful cook and it is always a pleasure to watch her putt around the kitchen. But most of all, its even better to try the food when its all done. Jim of course has to make sure that we all enjoy a little laugh and he was soooo cute wearing his Reindeer outfit! Ann Marie received art supplies and an easel and boy did she have the most extreme reaction opening this surprise present. I really did not take many pictures Christmas morning, but I was able to salvage this picture of Alexandra and Christian.