Claire & Francis arrived from Tennessee on the evening of the 14th
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On Friday the 15th, the girls went to Sacramento to see the Nutcraker and then afterward Greg drove with them to Kirkwood. Christine, Claire & Francis had gone there in the afternoon. We returned to Placerville on the afternoon of the 17th.
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| Vivi in bed | Brigitte | Nikki and Claire | Brigitte, Vivi and Christine around the table |
On the 16th, on the slopes and after
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| Nikki and Greg on the lift | Brigitte brings back some icicles | Brigitte with Christine | Dinner is ready |
On the 17th, Christine and Francis hiked up the slopes to see Brigitte, Nikki and Greg ski.
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| Greg comming down the slope | Nikki and Greg, where is brigitte? | Christine waiting for the family on another slope | They found us |
Nikki celebrating her birthday a day early with her friends.
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| The cake before the movie! |
Nikki's birthday on the correct day: December 18th!!
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| At dinner | Some of the gifts | Claire and Brigitte | Nikki with Limon |
Last day of school December 20th, 2000
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| Vivi baking cookies for school | Vivi playing piano before school | Brigitte playing sax after school | Vivi and Brigitte taking a break from music for pokemon |
December 21, 2000
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| A very nice picture of Brigitte | Brigitte learning how to knit | Cindy opening a present | Discussion after supper |
December 22: Claire and Francis drive to San Francisco to Visit Phoebe and Geof
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| It was foggy as we hiked in Lincoln Park | Seal Rocks at Cliff House | The fat Lady in the Musée Mécanique | China Beach from the cliff |
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| Mile rock through the branches | The surf was up. We heard that a surfer was swept by the strong current. | Toward the afternoon the fog lifted a bit | Entrance to san Francisco Bay |
December 23: Greg, Nikki, Brigitte and Claire went to Kirkwood.
In the evening we were invited to Cindy and Fred.
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| The flash scared him. | Fred | Cindy and her Mom | Greg, Cindy and Leah |
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| The Egg Nog was good!! | Tucker was really excited. | Nikki had brought a book just in case. | Discussing history of El Dorado County |
December 24: The traditional fondue for Xmas eve
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| The adults. | The children | Christine took the camera | The Xmas tree is empty. No gifts this year!! |
December 25: Nobody is watching the eclipse, there are more important things to do.
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| Watching the scene from above. | The piles are sorted and waiting for the adults | Greg watching the song book Nikki made for him | Vivi putting the gifts on |
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| Brigitte with her color Game Boy | Greg with Nikki's cap. | Christine with Nikki's cap. | Nikki with her own cap. |
Claire, as usual, had prepared the Buche de Noël.
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December 26: We were all invited by Greg Himes to go sail with him on his Catalina 38 sailboat
on San Francisco Bay, unfortunately Greg (Greenwood) had to work.
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| We arrive at the Berkeley Marina. | Not too much wind early on and we motor out, the girls taking turns at the helm. | Claire and Christine on the foredeck | The four girls singing on the foredeck |
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| Greg having a bite to eat | Francis under the watchfull eye of Greg. | Still Francis. | Now Claire |
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| The girls had quite a good time. | Nikki and Sara, the other two can't be far | Playing a game of cards | Here they are singing down below |
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| We sailed up the Bay close to the Golden Bridge | Then by the downtown Piers. | Return to the Marina. | Blue Magic is secure in her berth. |
The End
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