Christmas in photos

Lots of catching up to do after being in Michigan for a week and a half.... Ginger and I had a great time hanging out with the family, and I was very happy to be able to make it to all the family Christmas events. PLUS, we got our own little Christmas miracle with Peter getting enough sleep/getting done early enough from his Christmas Eve call to be able to hop in the car and surprise us by arriving on Christmas day. All around a great holiday.

A few snippets (lots more happened of course; these are just when I managed to get some photos):

A bounty of gifts

Lots of present opening...

...and then of course wrapping paper cleanupA Costa Rica reunion of sorts with cacique sours made by our fearless bartender...
...and build-your-own chalupas for a fun family dinner
It's a little fuzzy b/c of the lighting, but I just had to post this self-portrait of my mom... Dirk gave her an as-seen-on-tv bump it for Christmas; definitely the most amusing gift of the year
Doing a little tromping through the woods for some geocaching, which Joe introduced us to