Beckys family had their family Christmas on thursday. We had ours on friday.. and we spent saturday all together which worked out great.. we had just the right mix of big and small gatherings. Today we started with a great hike on thie outskirts of santa fe. I dont remember the name of the place but weve been there before.. great views of the mountains and the city

Then we headed back to the house ready for an early evening dinner… Thank he had made beef Wellington from scratch… Diane made creamed spinach and then we had leftover homemade pasta from the night before it was quite a feast !

After dinner in Scott fun… We started doing science demos like shining UV lasers through alcohol and olive oil (Fresh olive oil fluoresces pink…if you heat it too much it changes to red.. And stays that way… Even write a short blurb about that for cooks illustrated which they never published..dang)..

And we put some steel wool in the microwave!

We can use the night with a family Christmas tradition of decorating a tree for the animals… This time we didn’t have far to go. We took some old still bagels and hung them in Max and Becky’s chicken coop… A real treat for the birds.

What a wonderful day!

Nite all, nite sam

– me