It was a good day.. a very good day.. we all slept until about 10 AM.. no .. let me correct.. everyone but Diane slept until 10.. Diane got up at 6:30.. the rest of us climbed out of bed, very well rested… at 10.. then went down stairs for Christmas morning.. The four of us hung out opening presents  and just hanging out until about 2:30. It was really fun and uplifting..

 

Sam was with us in spirit. All day his lamp was with us.. Max an Gabe carried it downstairs with them..

Max gave us all  presents that he’d made by ‘circuit bending’ old toys.   Here’s a troll he’d modified complete with color changing blinking eye and fiber optic hairdo…

THe dogs hung with us for the entire 4 hour marathon.. though satori took a long break in the middle next to the warm stove.

I gave Max a digital caliper.. so we took turns measuring our index fingers.. how geeky is that ?

both boys got enough red bull to last them the week..

then Gabe went and cooked breakfast for us.. jalapeno poppers.. a new tradition !

by the end.. everyone was tired and happy.. and the room was a mess.. a happy mess..

I love my family so much..

hope you all had a love filled day too…

nite all, nite sam.. you were in our hearts all day

-me