Christmas 2004

    We first celebrated Christmas at home and then drove to Michigan to spend the holiday visiting Gail's parents and her sister's family. This gives us three opportunities to open presents.

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inflatables
 Pat and Mary
 Mary with presents
 We lead the neighborhood in inflatables, and more are on the way! We opened presents on Christmas Eve, and then drove to Michigan on Christmas Day.
Gene
 Emily
Michigan had about a foot of snow on the ground when we arrived. We exchanged presents with Gail's parents on the evening of Christmas Day.
sheep shoe

Hatteras Lighthouse
 View from balcony Errin
 The next day we went to Gail's sister's new house and had a third day of presents.
bumper boats golf coffee pots
 For some reason coffee makers were a popular gift.
trebuchet crowd trebuchet Ravens game
 One afternoon we enjoyed hamburgers from Hunter House in Birmingham and a trebuchet demonstration at the Cranbrook Institute of Science. Patrick and Frank finished the holidays by attending the Baltimore Ravens final game of the season, a 30-23 victory over the Miami Dolphins.