This was another Christmas to remember. Precious memories with family and friends.
Christmas started with Christmas Eve at Kuma and Angela's house. We all enjoyed a wonderful ham dinner and time devoted to family. Christmas morning began around 9 AM with Kuma and Angela arriving with our grandkids and Taka who spent the night at their home. We began by emptying stockings, eating our annual tea ring, drinking coffee and egg nog, singing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus and having the birth of Jesus read to us by Grandpa Rick. Many Christmas gifts were enjoyed by all. I think Rick especially enjoyed all the books he received. Kuma was amused by his electric "fish aquarium" and all were grateful for the love shown through gift giving. Later in the afternoon Kathi, Hatsumi, Noriko, Tomomi and "The Bjorns". Of course, we enjoyed a wonderful traditional turkey dinner. We ended our celebration the following day by enjoying a video chat for 2 hours with "Family America". What a great God we have and a wonderful family. What great family time too!!