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Preparing cookies for the decorating contest.

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Oops, I took several photos with the camera's built-in flash before realizing the lens was in the way of the light when shooting wide angle, causing a shadow.

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Li'l miss cutie pie.

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Kent drizzles…

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…in many colors.

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Kent is still drizzling.

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There—looks like this is where I finally grew a brain and attached my regular flash!

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It wasn't until after I got this cute shot of Jarin that…

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…I noticed the frosting on his cheek. Too cute.

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"Mommy and me."

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The taunts begin…

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…and continue!

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I made just one. Too busy taking photos. I guess I used too much red frosting and ended up with a blobulous Apple logo. And you just try writing letters with frosting and a toothpick!

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A bikini snowgirl?

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My dad is just plain awesome—so creative.

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Looks like my photography habit is rubbing off on little missy.

Where's Santa?
Throughout the decorating contest, the kids periodically checked Santa's location with Google Earth.

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Kent and LuCinda—cut-ups at large.

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Blind paper-ripped Christmas tree contest results.

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There were 126 peanut M&Ms. I guessed 125. I won.

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B-I-N-G-…uh, oops, I mean, S-A-N-T-A.

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I've really got to remember to bring a tripod to photograph the luminaries.

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Only in Florida!

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Pre-Christmas
Not Christmas day quite yet. Uncle Alfred (my dad) opened one of his gifts because it was too large to bring to the house where we were to have Christmas. We thought it best to let the kiddos have one, too.

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My dad's gift was a DVD/surround speaker set.

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Jarin's gift was a car/racing set with cars which, for reasons I can't remember, flatten.

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Christmas day at last. Stockings contained little fans that lit up in pretty patterns as the blades spun.

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I'm not going to get into the details, but the fans did not survive very long. There was…an "incident."

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Loves the camera, doesn't she?

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She's still at it.

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You know something, I have the strange feeling that my cousin's daughter loves horses.

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I know this looks like one of her infamous eye rolls, but I think it was simply unfortunate camera timing.

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Kind of hard to see. It's a plastic tire with lots of cubbies to hold Jarin's toy cars.

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Lots of fun (and lots of volume) with a karaoke set for the kids.

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Centerpiece at the Christmas dinner table.

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Train decoration made totally from various candies.