Xmas 1999 Pictures

This is a picture of JR enjoying a holiday meal at the dining room table. We sure had a hard time getting this kid to eat! As you can see by the expression on his face, he wasn't all that excited about eating.

This is a picture of Thomas lighting the candles just before the Christmas mass on Saturday morning. Our church looked really nice this year.

This is a picture of JR and Thomas in front of our church's nativity scene. This was taken on New Years day. Both of the boys were wearing their new millennium sweatshirts they received for Christmas.

This is a picture of Tina sharing some holiday cheer with the camera man. Looks like she is having a good time!

This is a picture of our Christmas Eve family dinner. Only one missing from the picture was me, who was busy taking all the pictures.

Ho, Ho, Ho.......... Santa JR is coming to town spreading peace and good cheer to all of the internet for Christmas.

This is a picture of Tommy serving mass on Christmas day. The other altar servers did not show up, so Tommy did it all by himself!

This is a picture of our own City Hall in Rome. This year they added a whole bunch of decorations to the city that used to be owned by Trinkaus Manor. Trinkaus was the Christmas spot! People from all over the county came out to see their spectacular light display each year. Trinkaus burned to the ground a few years ago and everything but a few decorations were lost. The decorations that remained, were donated to Rome.

This is a picture of the giant Trinkaus Manor Christmas sign that was restored and lit up for the first time in downtown Rome! It was really neat seeing this sign as you drove into the city. There must be over 10 thousand lights in that sucker and you can see it from miles away!

Speaking of lights....... Here is a photo of our house this year. We even got our picture in the paper this year for our impressive display. This was the 11th year that we decorated our yard. Every year we add something new. This year we put lights around our new back yard fence and added some illuminated elves, and lots more icicles.

This is a picture of Me and my room-mate Don showing off our office door at the 1999 Christmas Door Decorating Contest at work. We won for most original door because we had a dancing Santa Claus singing the blues.

This is probably my favorite Christmas picture. This is my boys in front of the Christmas tree. Each ornament on the tree has special meaning to me and represents another Christmas year that our family was able to celebrate together. Unfortunately, JR is no longer living with us, but his hand made ornaments will adorn my tree each year so that I will never forget him or the wonderful Christmas we all shared.