Christmas Eve.
It’s raining here, loud enough to hear on the roof, even over the TV.
Bob the Dog is curled up on the Christmas rug in front of the fireplace. He thinks I put it there for HIM. Callie the Dog has already retired to her foam cushion in our bedroom.
Tonight Charlie fixed our traditional Christmas [...]

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What do you get when you take one pickup truck with bed extender, add two futon mattresses and 12 blankets, and throw in ten people?

(Besides something wildly illegal in most states)
A Christmas tradition for us and two other families.
Every year we meet just outside the gate of Lake Lanier’s Magical Nights of Lights and pile [...]

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