Where to begin? Since I last posted, we did Christmas Eve at Capt. Bill & Miss Emmy Sonntag's, along with all the Haydens, Judy and her crew, Jess & John, and Sherry & I. A good time was had by all. We were up Christmas Morning at 6AM and traveled to Jess & John's. We arrived to John cooking a BIG breakfast with fresh eggs (they have Americana's, Rhode Is. Reds, and Sex links), home fried potatoes, home made country sausage, toast and fresh coffee. After we ate, we woke the kids and the gift orgy began. I won't begin to go into what the gifts were, suffice to say it was opulent. Later in the day we went out to the shooting range to try out our new Taurus 410/45's, and finished up with a wonderful dinner at Bud and Thelma Raley's. Ham, Turkey, Stuffed Ham and all of the trimmings. The Raley's are really great people and always welcome us warmly into their home. I very much enjoy talking to Bud about his WWII experience's as an anti-aircraft gunner. He landed on Omaha Beach at 8AM June 6, 1944. He is a great story teller, and he really puts you "in the fight" with his vivid account of his war experience. He tears up every time he gets to the part of losing his gunner, or the time he shot down a Messerschmidt and could see the pilot's face as he flew his burning plane into the deck. Sad tales, yet told with such emotion. I love history, and he relates these stories so well. After dinner we went back to Jess & Johns to say our good-by's. It was very sad, with lots of tears. We hate leaving, but we must return to our Florida Studio, and get back to work!