Here is my bum of a nephew--he actually was quite warm in the cart. The rest of us eventually gave up sitting in camping chairs because the wind would just whip underneath and hit our legs--it was much better to sit on the ground.
And here is Chris in his Russian hat. I sure wished that I'd had one--I didn't even have a hooded sweatshirt so my ears were plenty cold at times.
You know what? I think I lied. I'll have time to upload all of the images right now. :-)
Okay, on to Julie next. She tried to hide, but I still managed to get a couple good pictures. Here she is with a cup of hot chocolate that Chris' friend Jeni brought out (and then Jeni ended up staying the rest of the night--I'm not sure if that makes here more or less insane than the rest of us).
Now here she really was trying to hide--but also keep the wind out.
Oh, did I fail to mention that Chris brought two Russian hats out? I realized later that I should have borrowed the other one in the house (the one that belongs to my nephew who came from Russia about a year ago), but I didn't even know that Chris was bringing them until I was there...*sigh* Anyway, guess who got the hat? ;-)
As for me there is unfortunately (or fortunately? :-)) only one picture (that Julie took). I was quite comfortable under my big thick blanket.
~Matt
PS Yes we were (are?) all nuts and certifiable. But somehow it was fun!
PPS Don't forget The Back Porch!
::Christmas Elf Gifs::
Onesome: Christmas-- "Christmas is coming; the goose is getting fat..." Nope, I'm not going there, not by a long shot! How about: Even though we just finished up the Thanksgiving meal, what dish are you looking forward to most at Christmas time? ...and yes, Christmas cookies count! When I was growing up we always had a great Christmas eve with cheeseballs, crackers, sparkling cider (and cranberry juice), and pigs-in-a-blanket. Those are really my favourite Christmas foods.
Twosome: Elf-- Who is your favorite Christmas Elf? Mom? Dad? Will Farrell? That guy who helps you at the tree place each year? Hmm...I don't associate Elves with Christmas usually. I prefer the Elves of Tolkien rather than the tiny little helpers at the North Pole, ;-).
Threesome: Gifs-- How about your favorite bit of Christmas artwork? Is it a painting? ...a cartoon? ...your special ornament? ...the tree in the town square? Honestly I don't think I've ever thought about this before. I'll have to give it some more thought--but right now I'll just relate that I love NOEL decorations. My dad and I always make sure that Leon visits around Christmas time! :-)
PPPS For some reason the time/date area is gone when I edit this! Posted at 10:08 12.01.2005.
PPPPS I figured out how to get it back, all is well now. :-)
4 comments:
You all look sooo cold! Is that a sock under your head, Matt?
Yeah, partway through the night we went over to Meijers (a 24 hour grocery store across the parking lot) as we did several other times to use the restrooms. This time we went into the sporting goods area and purchased foot warmers--you break open the package so that air can mix with the chemicals--reportedly they get as hot as 135 degrees! They didn't feel hot all the time (it was supposed to get down to eleven degrees that night) but they kept my feet at least warm. I also bought some thick socks (like wool socks), so those are my normal socks that you see there after I'd changed out of them.
Matt, from now on you aren't allowed to post big pictures! I'm currently running on 26.4 Kbps... you're killin' me, man! But thanks for posting them! I definately needed to see the ones of Ryan in the cart. Hmm. Okay, i'm officially impatient. I'll try them tomorrow while i'm at school. That should work better!
Normally I would only post the thumbnails, but I thought that these ones needed to be big in the actual post. :-) Hey, isn't this just one more reason to get a high speed connection at home? ;-)
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