Ariel's little brother Ash, who threw up all over the floor as we were waiting to visit Santa last Sunday was really sick, poor kid. He ended up having his appendix removed on Monday night! He's home now and doing okay but won't be going back to school until after the Christmas holidays.
The Santa we were waiting to see is actually played by my oldest brother Michael. Michael is on the left in this photo, only 3 years older than me, I expect a bunch of comments saying, "Really, I don't believe it, you look so much younger". He does whiten his beard some for the part. The Santa on the right is actually my father. He was only twenty when my brother was born so they look more like brothers in this photo.