Christmas

  There was a lot to do to get ready for Christmas.  It was very important that Luke visit Santa and let him know what was on his Christmas list.  Then, each morning Luke had to look for Pickles, his elf.  Each night, Pickles returned to the North Pole to report to Santa if Luke had been especially helpful (or not) that day.  Pickles always chose a different place to spend the next day.  

Trying on the stockings

We spent Christmas with Lisa's family at Sharptop Mountain Cove.  Sharptop is a Young Life camp and our brother-in-law Chad works for YL and is able to get us one of the cabins.  It is a beautiful camp in the mountains of north Georgia.

Christmas was toymageddon.  Luke got tons of toys, including an r/c race car and helicopter, a rocket ship tent, a big wheel, Kermit the Frog and Big Bird, multiple Mr. Potato Heads, toys, toys, and more toys, and a new train table which Santa left for him at our home.

Luke's train table. 

Lisa's photo of sunset at Sharptop. 

An hour-long exposure of showing the earth's rotation as represented by star trails.