Peaceful day with Diane’s faily.. we all slept in.. then Diane and I went for a run on the flood wall..Mid day we drove to Binghampton and picked up Max at the bus station.    We all went home and had an early xmas dinner. We toasted each other.. and those not with us.. Vincent was still in Boston waiting on his last final.. and of course we were missing Sam.. It was good all being together

Vincent’s birthday is on Monday so we had a small celebration for him..

After a few minutes of digestion.. we dug into presents.. it felt like Christmas !

Max, Gabe and cousin Victor looking sharp in their new bathrobes.

Sam was there in spirit.. and in our hearts.

He even got presents.. . one was a a donation to sam’s charitable foundation.. the other was a Hess truck.. all three boys have gotten them since they were little. it’s hard not to do that.

Afterwords, we got our nephew Vincent at Boston University on Skype.. we even got to see his dorm room and meet his girlfriend

Around 7 we headed over to David and Lindas for dinner number 2. It was great to see them and Andrea !

We exchanged presents.. I got a cool pipe.. (never used..).. and wonderfully weird.

It was grat seeing our oldest friends..

OK.. driving home early tomorrow.. so I need to sleep. More tomorrow !

nite all, nite sam

-me