December 22

 I don't have pictures of the birthday people today, so instead I'm going to post pictures of people posing with their Christmas trees. It seems like that accidentally became my "thing" this year...

Wathada, me, Missy (the dog), Rick 1962 Bangor MI

Christopher and Casey 1985 or 86, Fairhope AL (Thompson Hall Road)

Me, 1994 Fairhope AL (Rosa Court)

Alan Kessler about 1968 (?), Fairhope AL (?)

Christopher Carrigan 1980, Searcy AR (McRae Street)

Casey and Christopher 1982, Searcy AR (Lape Ave)

Christopher 1981, Searcy AR (Lape Ave)

Christopher 1982 or 83, Searcy AR (Lape Ave)

Keith and Christopher 1981, Searcy AR (Lape Ave)

Me, Rick, John, Mom, 1965 or 66, Hartford MI

Donald and Oma Dell Hawley at my house 1994, Fairhope AL

Jack and Ruby Barnett, Searcy AR (not sure what year - sometime in the 1970s probably)

Karen and Mike Griffin, Riley and Sophie 2003, Michigan

Leslie, Darren, Karen ??year?? La Mirada, California (?)

Lori and Mark Burford, 1966 or 1967 Benton Harbor MI

Red and Cleffie, 1980-something (?) Downey CA

Rick, Dianne, John  1997 Watervliet MI

Annie Hicks 1967-ish, Watervliet MI

Me 1993 maybe, Fairhope AL (Rosa Court)

Ricky and Dianne 1958 or 59, Bangor MI

Now there's a little story that goes with this one. Mom and Dad were across the street at Ashel and Marian Miller's house. I decided to snoop under the Christmas tree, and told Ricky to watch out the picture window and let me know when he saw Mom and Dad coming. Well, at the time, we didn't know that Rick's eyesight was so bad he was considered practically legally blind. So... not a good choice to be the lookout! (I don't remember getting caught, so I guess it worked out okay.)