December 1997

I spent Christmas this year with my Grandmother from Los Angeles; my brother Dave, his wife, Sandy, and of course Ryan; youngest brother Mike and his wife Nicole from the DC area, and my parents. It was a very nice Christmas with lots of gifts, good Chinese food, and yes, lots of bridge. Also, progress continued on the new house. Troy, the architect, came up with a few new diagrams which I have tried to use my camera to show here. I feel a little like James Bond using my camera to click on documents! Troy does all his designs by hand and refused to enter the digital world.

 

• Ryan and Mom watching Dave and Grandma playing bridge
• Dave and Ryan before we opened our gifts
• Dad watching Mike open his gift while Ryan is speeding around
• Nicole opening a gift with Grandma watching
• Sandy seems quite pleased with her gift
• Ryan enjoyed his job of distributing all the gifts
• Me and Grandma relaxing after all the gifts were open
• Troy's latest design of the first floor.
• Photo of the second floor design.
• Front elevation
• Rear elevation
• Dad and I redesigned the second floor to look like this
• 3D view of the second floor redesign