| 16 images  2.  3. Keller Mountain  4. Matilda and Thalia with candles lit on their beautiful fir tree  5. December 24 marked the penultimate day of Hanukkah...  6. ... and a delicious Christmas Eve dinner...  7. ... and Joan's birthday!  8. Joan finished one of the all-time challenging puzzles - mushrooms.  9. Thalia and Matilda were sledding zealots, as usual  9a. This VIDEO (3:57) is proof 10. Matilda's creative sled  11.   13. Ready for Christmas breakfast at our cabin  14. But first, a few presents to open - VIDEO (0:14) 15. Grandpa scored big for his campaign to bring beavers back to Pebble Creek. Thalia designed the shirt.  16. Two quiches and 2 pounds of bacon were consumed, and then the youngsters had to head back to civilization  |