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Christmas Day - Rockin Around (heh)

Here are some highlights from Christmas morning -- hope you enjoy them!



And here are the kids opening the presents from Baghdad . . .



Finally, wishing you a Holly Jolly Christmas . . .

Back from Church and back from the dead

Well, we just got back from church -- the Episcopal church -- I have to confess that I think I've finally become a Presbyterian -- I was chafing about the incense and bells. You should rejoice that you've finally converted me after 21+ years. :)

Plus, Santa is back from the dead. John is not giving up the ghost -- he wants to believe, and so he will. He's parked in front of the fireplace waiting for Santa.

Trinity's Living Nativity

Here's this year's Living Nativity -- Daniel was a star, getting lots of laughs. :)

Santa in Baghdad

While I speak to the staff at work, Santa Claus himself lends his support for national capacity building in Iraq. You never know who will show up in the Green Zone. At least no one threw a shoe at me!

John's Winter Concert -- Have yourself a LOUD Christmas

Wow, well we got to the concert well before it started and were able to sit in the 3rd row -- quite an accomplishment for Tuckahoe. The concert was very good for a school like Tuckahoe -- I was pleasantly surprised. However, we were all very awake after John's band was done playing as you can see below . . .

Dark energy -- is it in my house?

I think Dark Energy lives in my three kids . . .

At the human scale, dark energy is imperceptibly weak. But even the weakest of forces can add up to something powerful when the scale becomes cosmic, and all that vast, empty space between the galaxies is thrown into the mix.

For example, when I ask them to do their chores, they say, they can't, they're "too tired," "too exhausted from the day." Weak excuses -- which lead to the powerfully bad mess in my house.

Dark energy is something you and Dan can discuss too -- I predict the discussion will go as follows, "Well, Dad, as everyone knows . . . " Ha.