Well, we finally got around to Christmas here in Tulsa on Sunday the 27th. All the Tulsa or surrounding area families were able to get into the old homestead, except for Katlyn, who was iced in west of Skiatook. We had some watching football, a great dinner, then opening of gifts. Then there were games, poker and general goofing off  until evening.

One of the pictures is Matt getting a “Fighting Robots Thing”. He got a similar gift some 30 Plus years ago and Mark broke it. Anyway, he’s happy again.

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I saw the picture below of the Taylor Family Grandpa, Paul that is, on Facebook. I’m sure it was taken a year or two ago when Paul went back east to visit the girls and there families. I copied it off and I’m posting it out on the BLOG as I think it’s a great picture. I certainly want to get a better copy of the picture so I can blow it up without it looking grainey. The Facebook pictures usually don’t get the detail we like to get because it would take up to much on-line space.

Hope Season or Brandis or even Cammion sends me the picture. I’ll send it back.

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We got a note from Kenny (I think he probably wants to be called Ken) Martin via Facebook the other day and I captured the picture of Ken and sent it on to the kids (our kids). I looked up on my bulletin board and saw a picture taken sometime in the late 60′s of our four kids and Jack and Ken. It was taken in Topeka at Mom’s house off 10th street.

Anyway, below you will find those pictures.

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Marie found a picture of a very young Bill and Evelyn Taylor, her parents, the other day. A great picture from the 20′s or 30′s??

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Well it’s the 26st of December and still no exchanging of gifts. The highway are generally open and passable but the side streets are a mess. Streets are iced over and cars are stalled, and many cases have just been left in the spot where they got stuck. It may be impossible to get any exchanging of gifts or just visit anyone before Monday or Tuesday. If that’s what happens, we may, as stated by Matt this AM, wait until January 3rd, as this is the date Alexis will be celebrating her birthday.

 I will show you some pictures of the decorations Marie has in the homestead.

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Alexis 2nd grade class (I should say class(es)) held the first half of the year assembly on December 11.  A lot of singing and parents and grand-parents running around taking picture. I have a few here.

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Well, a lot of people always want a white Christmas. Not me.

We had rain starting early on the 24th which changed to sleet around noon and then changed to snow a couple of hours later. Tulsa airport reported 6 inches of snow but I now believe we had a few more inches than the airport. My observation of more snow comes after a day of moving the snow off the driveway. We had winds of 35 to 45 MPH here in Tulsa and temperatures down to 18. An old time blizzard.

Well anyway, we didn’t have a normal Christmas. Everyone was snowed in as highways and streets were blocked or closed. So Marie and I spent the second Christmas in 50 years without the kids. The first Christmas without the kids was the first Christmas after we were married. Anyway, we have  reschedule for Sunday December 27th. Hopefully the wind will stop blowing the snow around and the temperature will get above freezing by Sunday.

My day was spent moving snow off the driveway as you can see in the pictures blow. I’ll feel the shoveling tomorrow.

These first pictures were taken early this morning.

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The next pictures were taken after shoveling for 3 hours in 20 degree temperature and 20 MPR winds.

The full-size copies of 3 photos in this post are missing, so clicking them opens a “Not Found” page. They were lost from the blog years ago, before this copy was made. If you have any of them, please send them to genealogy@kyle.engineer.

The Thanksgiving dinner this year was help as our place on 23rd Street here in Tulsa. Things started early as Matt and family were also going to Kim’s Family dinner east of Tulsa. With that said, things went ahead with no pictures taken of the Turkey as Matt had it stripped to the bone and on two platters before anyone knew what had happened. Plus the ball game was on TV and the viewing and eating really went on in the den. There was also grips about the TV and the green lines around the people on the screen. I guess that should be anticipated on a set over 20 years old.

Anyway, sorry for the lack of pictures. But with the ‘picture takers’ doing the cooking and some of us on the computer, or leaving early, there was little time for picture taking.

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The school pictures for those in school for 2009a- 2010 are below. Not all of the grand-kids or their parents have given us pictures but we will add them as we received.

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