It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

It all started in late October with LOTS of boxes and tables. Putting up the Snow Village was a process this year. We added the Polar Express train set and Greg spent many hours, mulling and planning. And the results are great!

With over 100 pieces (not counting the trees and rocks), the dining room quickly became chaos!

The first two pieces - and they were moved all around!

There are three areas - the downtown, the mountains and cabins, and the residential area.

All lit up and very pretty. It's nice to just sit and look at it. Greg loves to run the train and blow the whistle. Rusty doesn't like that and leaves the room! We are getting excited for Christmas!

Back to school

Saturday was a school day for me. I spent the day at the Nikon School of Photography. I learned a lot. I also remember now why I feel numb and dumb.....numb on the bum for sitting so long and dumb because there is SO much to learn. The hotel we were at was beautiful and right by the airport. The weather even turned out to be partly sunny!

This was taken after the class; I even tried some of the techniques they taught us. Long ways to go!

This sign greeted us as we entered the classroom area. 175 photographers (or waana-be's!) attended!
Lunch was the standard fair of chicken caesar salad, rolls, and dessert.
Here's all the "stuff" they gave us; we had a 21 page book of notes and then they gave us more. Some free goodies too! Time to go practice!