Christmas in the second

By Chris Turner -
We enjoyed having the big kids at our place on Christmas eve for the Walker Christmas, so we had to have them back at their dad's on Christmas morning by 8. With our last guests departing the night before around midnight, and many house preparations to be completed, 7 A.M. seemed to roll around quickly. So we hurriedly got the kids up to open some presents at our house, with Tiff walking Cori and Nick and Otis over to Scott's house a little after the deadline. Incidentally, can you see the differences in the photos enclosed below? The washier, whiter pics were taken with our four year old 3 megapixel Sony, and the others were taken with our brand new 6 megapixel Sony.

Nick and Cori with their new DVDs, Spiderman and Lemony Snicket's A series of unfortunate events.


Sophie and her Barbie in the 12 dancing princesses movie.


The joy of discovery.


'Quit asking me to smile so I can open these packages.'


Cori and her Doodle bear.


Christmas morning, but who's the grumpy old fart holding the kid?

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