I still can’t believe that Christmas is over and tomorrow is the start of a new year. I have lots of Christmas events to show you, but I’ll start with the highlights of Casey’s visit.

Casey and family were the best Christmas present we received this year. It was a short-lived visit, but we had a lot of fun with them all.

One night, we enjoyed dinner together at The Old Spaghetti Factory. Then we walked down to the circle to see the Christmas lights.

Never expect a stranger to take a good group picture. The guy was more than happy to help us, but he cut off Caden completely and then couldn’t stand still long enough to get the picture in focus!

After spending time outside in the cold, it was time to warm up with some hot chocolate.

A proud dad with his two sons.

After our trip downtown, Shin-ya asked to come back to our house and shoot a few hoops with Chris.

In between games with Shin-ya, Mike and Chris watched IU beat up on Mount St. Mary’s.

Most of the time we spent with Casey and his family was very casual, just hanging out and being with each other. That was just fine with us!

One night, all of the kids got new coordinating Christmas pajamas. That offered a lot of great photo ops.

Poor Casey. He’s known for never having his eyes open in pictures!

Be on the look out for lots of posts over the next few days!

Recapping the Japan Clarks’ visit