Rob and Hild's "bit of the web"

Christmas in Denver, 2002

Decorating, decorating, decorating... Kristin decorating the livingroom - and Tigger, Sheba and Moses are "helping".
Alvaro's village!
The whole living room.

How to build a Christmas tree in the US - Hild in action!

Our home-made ginger bread train! Nearly all edible.

Left: Hild performing precision baking (0.5 cm WILL BE 0.5 cm). Middle: Hild using caramel to glue together the train and the railway line. Right: Kristin was also helping, but somehow managed to avoid the camera...

The finished train - table centre piece.
Kristin and Hild - learning to paint Bob Ross style!

Kristin and the rest of the class learning to paint - by doing.	Kristin's painting before it was finished.	Kristin's painting after it was finished.

Hild getting some directions (read: help).	Hild's painting before it was finished.	Hild's painting after it was finished.
Rob made the Christmas cake.

Rob made the Christmas cake in Ithaca and put the ribbon and marzipan decorations on in Denver.
Home-painted personalised place markers.

Everybody busy painting.	Angela using her creativity (prize for the classiest marker).	Hild and May in action.

The finished product!!!
cooking - cooking - playing

Rob, Angela and Mikayla - cooking.	Rob and Hild - cooking.	Mikayla and Michael - playing.
Lunch on the 24th.

Everybody at the lunch table - Angela, Kristin, Alvaro, May, Michael, George, Hild, Rob and Angela again.
Between lunch and dinner - a cake break...

Terry and Trudy and part of the family stopped by for cake. Left: Angela, Michael, Terrel, Mikayla, Terry and Teah. Right front: Rob, Hild, Angela, May, Michael and Terrel Right back: Terry, Trudy, Travis and Thea.
The Turkey - before and after dinner.

The "chefs" + Rob carving the turkey and cutting the cake

Playing and eating

Mikayla and Daniel playing with each other. Everybody seated at the dinner table. From the left: Florian, Alvaro, Kristin, George, May, Mikayla, Michael, Rob, Angela, Becky with Daniel (back to the camera).

Mikayla and Daniel playing with their gifts
Lots of time to talk and enjoy the company

May and Michael + Hild and Rob

Mikayla and May + Alvaro, Becky and George

Left: Moses, George and Alvaro chatting - and Middle: Alvaro even found time to sew in a button! Right: Tigger with his cigar (bone) - taking charge of the sofa.
Santa filled the stockings...

Left: Rob opening his presents - A wooden cup with a large nose (to fit its new owner??! Ho hum!). Middle: Mikayla opening her presents - Yeah! A 'cell phone'. Right: Everybody opening presents.
Cooking and playing.

Left: Angela, May and Michael showing us how to cook Malay-style. Kristin taking notes. Middle: Kristin, Mikayla and Moses quietly falling asleep. Right: Building the puzzle 'Getting Lost in a Jigsaw'.
And then it was all over.

Left: Michael, Mikayla, May and Angela Middle: Mikayla, Hild and Moses in a big good-bye hug. Right: Rob, Kristin and Alvaro at the airport - time to go home to Ithaca...