Christmas 2005 with the Bellevue Sleight's

Nathanael chopped down our Christmas tree from above our garage the Saturday after Thanksgiving -- and this year anyway,
it didn't fall on the house. 
And, as usual, it was huge.

With December came wrestling season and Nate is starting off where he left off last season when he qualified for the State championships.      In the month of December, so far Nathanael has 9 wins (8 by pin) in 13 matches at 130 lbs. He took 2nd at the "Power House" tournament Christmas week at Lake Roosevelt High School in Coulee Dam, WA. (He led the BCS Cross Country team to 4th place at State this year.) 

 


Our Christmas season seems to begin each December 9th. 
This year Jeannie turned 13.
 


Family friend Georgia Kumor took Annie and Jeannie
to see The Nutcracker on Jeannie's birthday.

Well, it wasn't quite a date, but Nathanael was invited to
a "formal" Christmas party for a group of BCS friends.
Nathanael was chosen by the BCS sophomore class
to receive the annual Spirit Award at homecoming. 
Annie received it two years ago as a junior.


Diana decided a box of ornaments is just her size.

 

The annual Sleight family Christmas party, on the 23rd, again at Don and Judy's, was an especially musical affair.


Here's Susan on the violin, Jeannie on her oboe,
and Lance Ellis on the French horn.

Debbie (Sleight) Ellis and Lance were married this summer.
She plays the guitar.  Nathanael's instrument is his voice.
He sings in the BCS Concert Chior.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

← Jon and his wife Sarah have a musical family.
    
Two of their kids, Taryn and Samantha, both play flute.↑


Family friends Arlene Grant and Mitsuko Hasagawa join Nancy, Ginger, Jean, and Randy in singing.
 

 

 

 

Judy plays piano. 

Grandpa Dick enjoys our annual Christmas carol sing-along.


Judy's exquisitely decorated tree makes a great backdrop.
 


Annie and Kalina (Jon and Sarah's daughter)


Grandma Jean with her grandson Jon.
 

 

Back home again.  Well, I said it was a big tree.


 

 

 

 

After 3:30PM church at UPC on Christmas Eve, we made our
annual Christmas visit  to Grandpa and Grandma's house.

 

My dad and mom keep three of my early attempts at NW Indian Art
on their living room wall.

 
Randy showed us an heirloom quilt
he nearly gave away at a church rummage sale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

¬ George N. Sleight died at the battle of Gettysburg in 1865.

 

 My grandfather Richard Riddell Sleight died in 1918 due to the Spanish flu epidemic, five months before his son, my dad, was born. ®


We took another spin through "Candy Cane Lane" on the 24th.
 

 

What's in the big heavy box from Don and Judy? 
A "sea otter" planter, well-designed in the Haida style.

  

 


My dolls still like dolls.
 


We enjoyed a festive ham dinner at 1:00PM at Susan's on Christmas Day.
 


A very common sight.


Celebrating Christmas was tiring work.

 

 

 

Christmas lasted longer when the present opening moved from house
to house.  The kids got wonderful
Norwegian sweaters.

 

We now all highly recommend our
new board game Carcassonne.


We all took the celebration to Emerald Heights to include Aunt Ellie (97 next February).
 


My girls.  Our debate is how tall will Jeannie Beth grow?

 

 

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