This weekend we had Christmas with Roger’s parents, sister, and family. It was fun watching the kids open their presents, and the gingerbread cookies appeared to be a hit (only one man survived the feast).

More pictures from our family Christmas.

Edit: The postcard is from Dan’s commander at Camp Liberty.

Straight from Iraq to Heather, courtesy of Dan. If you want to send Dan cool stuff, let me know and I’ll send you his address.

Heather’s “carpet of snow” decided to explode out of the flower pot today. She found a mound of dirt about to fall out of the pot, and when she removed the mound she found a festival of tiny flowers underneath!

The trees are apparently shy, because they haven’t sprouted yet.

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Heather and I got mini Christmas plants at the STC holiday party. I picked up a Christmas tree and she got a “carpet of snow” (white flowers). She had already picked up a tree before the party as well. We’ve decided to grow them at the office. We don’t sit near windows, so we’re hoping the fluorescent lights will suffice as sunlight.

Day 1: Pour water into the “Successful Soil” pellet. Then sow the seeds.

Done. I expect a tiny spruce tree and some snow flurries tomorrow afternoon.