I didn't take Jeff to the mall until about 10 PM... hoping it wouldn't be SO busy!  It worked out great... got a nice close parking spot... and headed inside. As soon as Jeff saw Santa's Lodge he was so excited... but Santa was gone for the day.  Too bad he didn't get to visit Santa... but Jeff sure DID have fun playing in Santa's village!

1) Santa's gone
2) Jeff thinks he'd make a pretty good pre-Santa greeter!
3) The back of Santa's Lodge... can you see Jeff?? I forget how small he is sometimes!  He's on the left of the "Visit Santa" sign! 

4) Jeff LOVED sitting in Santa's sleigh... and is now thinking about becoming one of Santa's elves!  
Of course he said this would be AFTER he finishes visiting ALL of his Rat Terrier families!

5) Jeff has so much fun playing in the snow! 
6) Time to get busy shopping... but we stop by a pretty tree that Jeff wanted you to see.  

7) Hmmm... okay Jeff.. just one more stop then!  Jeff really seems to LOVE Poinsettias... and wanted his picture taken in this pot with 3 different colors of Poinsettias... they were very pretty! 
8) We finally make it to the Made in Oregon store...  it's always SO much fun there... lots of unusual goodies!
9) Jeff poses in front of the store before we go in to pick out something from Oregon for him to take to Cheryl!

10) Jeff stands with his bag from "Made in Oregon" -- but he says that Cheryl's surprise is a BIG secret... that silly gnome!

Jeff had lots of fun meeting extended family on Christmas eve! We had 16 people for dinner, and Jeff and my sister Janet hit it off especially well... she fed him snacks, gave him a tunny rub... and even a kiss!   

WOW! Jeff sure has been busy! Great pics Karen!

Jeff meets my son Kevin
Jeff visits with my sister Lori & her hubby Tom and my niece Meghan
Jeff joins in on a game of Cranium after dinner

Hmmm... Jeff finds a wine bag and thinks it would be fun to get inside... wonder where the wine went????
I think we know where that wine went... suddenly Jeff is acting pretty darn silly playing the game!  
I pulled a bean bag chair into the kitchen and told Jeff we were taking a rest together... no more playing for him

We had a little snow on Christmas morning so we bundled Jeff up to go outside in Holly's sweater!
Jeff stands with the "Grandma's Brag Book" I got from daughter Andrea for Christmas... I LOVE it! Sure with my grandkiddies could have been here for Christmas to meet Jeff

The girls say goodbye to Jeff so we can pack him up and mail him to Cheryl on Wednesday! Hopefully he'll be there soon and can spend New Years eve out of the box.... P.S. Cheryl... don't forget to hide the wine!

Great documentary pics of Jeff's visit with you, Karen!  I love the last one!

Boy - that little guy has to have jet lag by now!

Did Jeff arrive Cheryl???  I've been really worried about letting him drive that USPS truck.... without having more experience... so I do hope he gets there safe and sound! 

Our time with Jeff began Monday after we got his box from the Post Office, obviously he cleverly hid himself in a box to make the very last leg of the trip!!

It began with Aka checking the box.

Aka was so excited to have Jeff here, he gave him a very special place of honor... in the middle of ALL his toys!!

It took some convincing to get Aka to let Jeff out!!

I'm so happy that Jeff arrived safe and sound... and it looks like Aka is pretty happy with his gnome visitor!  Sorry to hear that Jeff found your wine stash... I think he's had a "thing" for wine ever since Paul took him to the winery months ago... remember the wine barrel and Jeff drinking out of the straw?

Can't wait to see all of Jeff's NC adventures!!