Christmas up North

It has been a busy and fun couple of days here in TC. 

 We spent our Christmas Eve at the Noble house.  All the kids were home for the holidays. Aren't they a good looking group???

 Brittany and John are living in Milwallki (sp??) Wisconsin.  Brittany is doing here residency in dermatology and John is working in Chicago honing his international law skills. 

 David is in his second year of medical school in Virginia at UVA.  I tried to take another picture of him that would me more flattering but he said this was his best shot.  He  Really is much more handsome than this picture. 

 Jack has a job as an engineer in Madison, Wisconsin and making a name  for himself there.

 Charlotte is ALSO in Wisconsin studying music at Lawrence University in Appleton. 

 Together they make a great looking group and they are as wonderful as they look.  It was nice to spend some time with them and catch up on their various activities. 

 The wonderful parents allow us to show up at all the family gatherings and have fun with their terrific children.

 This was the whole dinner group except for John.  He offered to take the picture.  Maybe he was trying to distance himself from the rest of us. 

 However, he couldn't escape this picture.

 Brittany and John brought their dogs.  It was a 3 dog household for the holidays. 
Bud and I offered to clean up after dinner while the rest of the group went to church. 

 This morning (Christmas Day) we went over to their house again and Bud fixed his famous French Toast.  It was a delicious brunch. 

UNTIL, Sue brought out the one gift that she forgot to give everyone, the umbrella hats to wear in the hot tub.  Of course they had to try them on and pose for the picture.  Walt was the only one that refused to wear his hat. 
It was a great day and to top it all off we went to the evening performance of the new Star Wars movie.  What a great Christmas.  Tomorrow we head down to GR to do it all over with  new group.  We are so fortunate to have such wonderful families.