We prepared the Christmas meal. Everyone contributed to the meal so it was nice and easy. Some of us cooked and some of us "licked".
We had our family, minus Chris (he worked) and Kelly's girls were at their dad's house.
We had the Pittman clan, Alex's dad-Trevor and Lindsey, Alex's grandma, aunt, uncle and friends.
And we had the Meyers, Ryan's mom and step-dad; grandma and grandpa to the kids.
We ate a lot of food.
Opened a few gifts.
Watched the movie, "Four Christmases".
Had some after-dinner conversation.
Shot clay pigeons.
Load up those pigeons and
"PULL!"
Payton got the Lil' People nativity set. She's had a real infatuation with Baby Jesus this year.
Owen did love the candy cane.
At the end, Santa read the kids "The Night Before Christmas".
On the 24th, we picked up Kelly and Dylan from the airport.
We had our Christmas with our kids and grandkids on the 24th. Owen and Payton's pajama tops say, "What Santa doesn't bring me, grandma will".
The Smiths
The Burks, minus Chris. Both Kelly and Crystal have a tradition of giving their kids pajamas on Christmas eve, so they look all cute on Christmas morning.
This is the aftermath.
We went with Ryan and Crystal's family and
McKenzie, Alex's aunt.
I'm not sure what Alex liked best--the Autobahn or throwing snowballs at unsuspecting family members.
Payton was just plain adorable in her purple snowsuit.
I personally think the Hoodoo autobahn brochure should have this on the front page.
Grandpa had a great time, but when we got home that afternoon, Jim slept from 4:30pm-5:30 the next morning, when he had to get up and go to radiation. We teased him just a little about his "13-hour afternoon nap".
This is what sold me on this place. You and your tube get pulled up the hill by a rope tow. This is Kevin getting a tow. NO walking up the giant hill. Crystal actually did walk up once and said, "Never Again!"
This is the top of the hill. That is 3 Finger Jack mountains to the left of Kevin's head.
There are both single and double-holed tubes. Payton rode behind Crystal.
Alex and Crystal.
Here's a video and photo finish of Jim and Kevin racing down the hill. 
Shared secrets.
Payton is taking ballet and showed grandpa a few of her moves.
Then she wanted grandpa to try a few ballet moves.
Grandpa LOVES to wrestle with the grandkids.
And we took a pose by the tree and then grandpa headed for bed.
On Tues. the Las Vegas Bowl was played. Jim was cheering for BYU. I was cheering for OSU. If you saw the game, you'll know why I'm refusing to tell you what the final score was. Here's a hint: Evidently Cougars like to eat Beaver or at least chew them up and spit them out.
Jim comes in and he settles in on the machine's table.
They put his mask on that was made and molded to his cute little face. The rectangle on the side of the mask has a horizontal and vertical line on it. When Jim is settled into position on the table, then a crosshair's lazer light lines up the the horizontal and vertical lines on the mask.
Jim is left alone in the room. The tech comes out and looks at this screen. He begins the CT-scan. The results are shown immediately. Then the tech begins his calculations on the exact location of where the tomo radiation is to be administered. After he has it set, a doctor comes and double checks and makes any changes that he thinks needs to be made. Then the treatment begins. It lasts about 4 minutes. The tomo radiation actually circles around the target area, but Jim doesn't move. So it is "zapping" the new tumor and the old tumor location from different angles. The red circle shows the target area..JPG)
There is also a camera in the room, so the tech can see Jim at all times. They also play Jim's requested music while he is being treated. He requested the Eagles, but he is thinking of changing it to The Mormom Tabernacle Choir. They tell Jim that his biggest job is to hold still.
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