Monday, December 29, 2008

Happy Holidays!

The Holidays have been a wonderful time for gatherings with families and friends. Please see the pictures below. Unfortunately, because of travel restrictions due to Jim's recent back surgery, we were unable to join the family gatherings in New York. Better luck next year!

Scenes from the Good Family Gathering


Zolls gather at the Good family gala.

Cousins catch up on the latest news.



John and Barb.




Erin and Lucy.





Andrew, Jim and Ed.




Scenes from the Zoll Family Gathering on Christmas Day



Chef Jen invites one and all to enjoy.



Tom prepares the banquet table.



Jen, Tom and Anne served a nontraditonal tapas-style Christmas dinner, complete with lobster bisque, seafood paella, smoked trukey with assorted olives, smoked salmon with capers, chipotle-barbecue meatballs and more! It was scrumptious!




Carly and Granddad pause during the festivities.



Jim and Kim meet JJ.
However, we were so caught up in the gift exchange that we didn't get any pictures. Hopefully Sarah did and we can add them later. Evan was very impressive as he accurately named the train cars (Thomas, Edward, Bertie, etc) as he unwrapped them. The "free to five" gifts were incredible - including a $ 50. gift card (Myra swears it was free) of which Tiffany was the lucky recipient.

With Ray and Birgitta and Family

Ray and Birgitta strike a Christmas celebration pose.




Birgitta with Claire Addison--born three months ago to Mandy and Eric.

Barbara meets Claire.

A portion of Ray's collection of Santa Claus statues and figurines. The wood carving in the left foreground, with green body, was made for Ray by Jeff at The Highlands Camp when Jeff had Ray as a secret friend.










Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Zoll family gathered at Dave and Lois' home for a wondrous Thanksgiving holiday. What a spectacular event! From bright sunny weather, to a delectable turkey dinner, to the sharing of kindred spirits, this was a truly great family celebration.

Ready for carving!





Granddad's view of the Thanksgiving table.






Birthdays were also part of the celebration--for Evan Michael, Jacob and Jen.



Jen celebrated a very special birthday with a lifesize likeness (referred to as "JJ"). Below JJ cheers on participants in the 2008 Zoll Family Thanksgiving Football Classic.

































Below are two highlights from the Zoll Football Classic. In the first, Mike intercepts a pass and returns it for a touchdown. In the second clip Carly catches a pass from Tiffany and weaves her way to the end zone for a score.





Here are the true football fans - Granddad and Parker!




What are they thinking?



Did you know Parker had a human twin?



Here's the entire "David & Myra" crew: Sarah, Mike, Ben, Amy, Evan, Myra, Harper, David and Ida Jane