Christmas 2014 in the Rear View Mirror

We were finally able to put up our Krinkles High Heel Tree after many years in Carol & Dave's attic. And our lights finally went up on the house just a day or two before Christmas. Here are a few moments captured from Christmas Eve in downtown San Jose and Christmas morning:

The Green Team of San Jose had a drawing for customers who "follow" them. Naturally, being the greenest residents in the area, we won tickets to Downtown Ice, an outdoor ice rink erected in downtown San Jose every winter. And being green, we took VTA.

Finally! We get to open these two HUGE boxes!

A tan bean bag! Perfect!

A gray bean bag! Cool!

Our champion archer sporting her new JOAD jacket.

I LOVE puzzles!

Moo Cow knows where it's warm. That's a furnace register under his front paws. And that blue thing plugged into the wall is Dot (Dash is out of frame) from Wonder Workshop.

Santa gave Lily an apple corer-slicer that was put to immediate use.

Did I mention I LOVE puzzles? 10 in the box and 3 already done right after breakfast.

Our proud archer eyeing her target.

And since Amalia is all about experiences and not things, she got Just Dance 2014 for the Wii.

We all also played Smath, a mathematical variant of Scrabble, received by Amalia. We all enjoyed that and many other gifts from Santa and family.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a happy and healthy 2015!