The Christmas Card this year was inspired by Karen's idea of decorating our tree in Steam Punk ornaments. This is the first year I've ever been even remotely interested in helping decorate the tree. Thus, a family ornament making day was executed with all of us using Sculpey clay to make our own ornaments. We stamped gears and keys and other things into the clay. After it was baked Karen painted each one. Click the image here to see a few ornaments.
Our Family photo seen here and in our printed greeting was taken for the church directory. Click the images in this frame to see larger versions.
2015 held the demise of the little white Geo. The frame under the front wheel rusted away. I welded it up after a marginal repair by a "professional" but made the mistake of showing Karen a picture of the before and after. She was adamant that we get something better and ditch the "deathtrap". She said my life was worth more than saving $ on a 23 year old car. It was nice to hear such sentiment so I went to Iowa and picked up a Mazda 3 for $3000 less than I could find it here.
