Warm Christmas

The Carlson family sends "warm" Christmas greetings from 60 degree North Carolina! Our gang arrived on the 23rd -- well, actually Kirk, Chad and Jen didn't get to our house until 3:30 a.m. on the 24th. Kirk had a difficult time getting out of Detroit and then his luggage did not make it to Raleigh with his flight. But after a good night sleep, we were all revived and thankful to be together again.
We started out with a Taco Salad lunch and moved on to a "Chad" project in the afternoon. Chad fabricated a custom bike rack for the back of our 5th Wheel. He did a great job!
Then our neighbor's son, Jett Bunn, came over at Connie's urging to show our kids his Green Bay Packer helmet and scrapbook. His dad, a native of Rocky Mount, who has been a life long Packer fan took him to Green Bay for a game this fall. Jett won the helmet as a door prize at a VIP reception at Lambeau Field.

Later we had our traditional Christmas Eve dinner of Beef Stroganoff and all the other goodies.
Christmas morning we had our 2-hour gift opening ceremony. As always it was a great time, with some interesting gifts. Kirk got some ECU (his alma mater) gear, including a beautiful pictorial history of the university.
Fisherman Chad's prized gift was an Abu Garcia fishing reel (made in Sweden -- go figure) to support his Wisconsin hobby. Kristy has more pictures on her site Life's A Stage at http://www.tnwalker62.blogspot.com/.
This morning at 3:00 a.m., Chad and Jen left the house to catch a flight for Mexico City. From there they will take a 12 hour bus ride to Guatemala for a two week adventure. Oh, to be young! But, we leave this weekend for Sebring, Florida for two weeks in our 5th wheel.

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