Merry Christmas!

...from Peter, the Christmas Elf.

...as you can clearly see - I came by this honestly... here is Papa Elf

A little history for you...

Well well well... I was thinking it was about time to open up the photo album of P.M. Theeuwen and share with you a little of my early years :)

In the following pictures you'll find some that will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you go ...ew - was that Peter in drag?

Yes, I'm opening up the pages - enjoy...




A trip to California with my good buddy Greg Zab - although this is me at the pulpit.

My mother in her early years!

Yup - that's me third in from the right, back row. This was highschool soccer, Jr. Varsity team.

Oh man - can you find me? Look to the next picture and go back if you cannot.

...man-o-steel!

Ya, back then I actually thought I could walk on water!

Another trip to California with Greg Zab on the left, yours truly, and Mike O'Reiley

Little 'ol me before I knew I what a cool car was (man, I'd give anything to have that car now!)

Me and Greg Zab hamming it up

Me and my first car a Camaro (well, what the heck did you expect back in the late 70's?) I was about 16-17 at the time of this pic.

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Oh my... how do you like my loaf?

Mad donut maker!!!!

Me and my mommy.... :) - love you mom.

Yikes... nice "do"

Circa 1973...

Check out the handsome young guy here... this be my dad in the Netherlands, circa 1933-35)

Here I displayed my literary genuis!

This be my favorite of all time...

The house is painted - really getting close to the end now!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Jordyn and her buddy Jessie :)

Our two darling daughters...

Moving right along...

Me and my cutie :)

No holiday is complete without spending it with the ones you love. I had such a marvelous day with Jordyn; she read to me for about 2 hours... it was perfect.





Here we have Jordyn giving us her: "I'm a little stinker" look.



















Jordyn reading to Dad :)

I had the best Thanksgiving ever...

Well, fishing has died off tremendously, but I'm still having a great time fishing. I haven't caught a single fish in 2 days, and Im not seeing a lot being caught; I think it may be due to the cold snap. We had some serious frost and icy conditions. Aside from that, the weather was simply terrific this weekend (so far); I've been able to have a fire both days and not have the rain pour down... I would have stayed out there regardless, but - its been nice.

As usual - I have my camera and my dog with me, so I was able to take pictures (mostly yesterday) of my dog, the scenery, and family and friends as they stopped by.

I love this shot of Sharon and Bagel; Sharon has such a great smile.


This one is just plain gezellig


Here's a great shot of Sean, a friend who also lives on the lake.


This is a great shot of Sean with a pole in his nose :)

I went for a little boat ride...

Boat ride, part deux

Here you can see the frost on the dock - it was pretty slippery

No trip is complete without a nice shot of my bestest friend :)

I took several shots of the lake in the evening from our new balcony off the master bedroom; I couldn't decide which to post... so I posted all that I liked!