I did not have my telephoto lens with me, but I did manage to sneak up on this cardinal.

Before leaving Larry’s house, Jeanine and I went for a birding walk around Lake Holiday.

The park’s features were formed by the recession of the glaciers and include many deep gorges and overhangs. All totalled, I think I covered about eight miles and took hundreds of photos.

Today, I made a solo venture to Turkey Run State Park for several hours of hiking and photography. This suspension footbridge takes you across Sugar Creek into the heart of the park.

Lauren quite pleased with one of her better rolls.

No visit to Indiana would be complete without a game of Greedy. This game, played with 7 die, was a favorite of Eunice. You can roll the dice as long as you want, winning points for certain combinations, but if you do not roll a one or a five you lose everything. This year featured not one, but two epidsodes of passing the dice to the next person by way of their filled drink cups.

Today we travelled to Lake Holiday in Crawfordsville to spend a few days with Larry.

Two and half year old Bradley was the center of attention. He is the sweetest little boy and at that perfect age for enjoying the wonder of Christmas.

Gabriel, our other nephew and father of Bradley, featured in the next photo.

Our niece and nephew, Erica and Luke, with our brother-in-law Bob.

Jeanine’s sister Susan, visiting from her temporary home in Austin, Texas, is thanked by Nicolai for the present he received.

Sister Lauren is our host and has prepared a feast for the family.

Jeanine’s father Larry, one of this web sites most frequent visitors, looks on as the children exchange presents.

In the afternoon, we flew to Indianapolis to join Jeanine’s family for the remainder of Christmas day.