Christmas at the Lodge

	In past years, we showed pictures of the Christmas tree, presents, everything all neat and tidy... here's the before Christmas look - all of these things will find a happy recipient!
	Everyone had someplace to be, so we had to stretch Christmas out this year - - we exchanged presents with Sarah before she jetted off to Montana.
	When we arrived at the Lodge, a rainbow greeted us - there is a pot of gold at our house!
	Some last minute Christmas shopping took us into downtown Sonora where Santa was waving at everyone from his workshop.
	Oddly enough, Rebecca found her old car parked on the streets of Sonora - at first she said it looked like her old car, then she said it WAS her old car!
	On Christmas Eve, we drove to Angels Camp to pick up a gift that had fallen off the sleigh. (Well, UPS lost it for a couple of days.) This is the sun setting on New Melones Reservoir.
	By 7 AM Christmas morning, the girls were ready to unwrap their presents!
	A little while later the reindeer showed up looking for their sleigh and a jolly fat man in red with a beard!
	Not this one, the older one! It's hard getting the stuff out of the bottom of the stocking!
	"Look, Santa brought me new slippers. Ian and Linda, what do you think of my crown?"