With dad
With mom
With granddad ("Opa")
With an elf
With a teething toy from Germany
Christmas With Young Ryan
December 9 , 2007
Written January 1, 2008
Dear Friends and Families,
Our December started with a week working in Lynchburg, Virginia. There was nothing remarkable, except one morning of icy streets that reminded us that Lynchburg is South, as in our-weather-is-so-good-we-don't-need-to-sand-or-salt-roads South. That's their story ...
At the end of work however, we got to join Geoff, Suzanne ,and eight-month-old Ryan, for an early Christmas. The little guy had grown a bunch since the last time we'd seen him, even though, for me, it was just a few weeks. I'm not sure he had really figured out the Christmas thing yet, but he was clearly working on it.
With dad |
With mom |
With granddad ("Opa") |
With an elf |
With a teething toy from Germany |
Christmas requires kids and we very much enjoyed this first 2007 Christmas with our 30-something kids and young Ryan. (We had a second Christmas-with-kids later in Decemmber.) Maybe next year, we'll get a visit for a European Christmas?? (hint, hint, hint)
John and Marianne (aka: Oma and Opa)