Gingerbread cookie making

Our first official ginger man, complete with bow tie and ruffles. I think James has found his true calling in baking and icing! ;)

Believe it or not, these are Christmas gingerbread cookies, and they taste pretty good too.

Our attempt at a free hand gingerbread man. He looks a bit lop-sided, and the bunny next to him is pretty amorphous too.

James begins the finishing touches with icing...

James begins trying to shape the sticky dough into a flat roll for cookie cutting.

Molasses sure is sticky!

Our first batch of gingerbread Christmas cookies.

Christmas Day Preparations

James gets up early and makes delicious biscuits from scratch!!! How pampered I am! ;)

After our Christmas morning service.

Christmas Eve Preparations in Okinawa

Dance of the Sugar Plum Seymour

James Carves the Christmas Ham

Christmas Eve Supper is Served

Enjoying a moment with our friends, the Studers, after the Christmas Eve service.

Posing after the evening service with Yoshie, our friend and church pianist.

Enjoying our first official Christmas Eve together in our own home.

James enjoys some Pannetone (Italian Fruitcake) with some Baileys before we commence opening the presents!

James received some beautiful family heirloom cuff links. How debonair!

Christianne opens her childhood stocking which James stuffed with all her/his favorite sweets. ;)

Seymour enjoying his catnip mouse

Sasha enjoying her catnip mouse

Christianne is excited about watching her DVD mysteries: Cadfael and Poirot.

Second Art Show, Dec. 22, featuring my portrait services, scenic work and mother's cards

My First Art Show, November 17