Welcome to the 5th annual PhilnLeah Christmas card. I imagine that, by now, some of you are wondering why this is the "PhilnLeah" card, and not the (slightly more gramatical) "Phil and Leah" card. Well, the term, "PhilnLeah" comes from our college days (which, by the way, were summarized quite nicely in the first PhilnLeah Christmas card). It refers to the fact that we come as a pair and are pretty much indistinguishable. Case in point: take a look at the image on the left. Is Leah on the left and Phil on the right? Or is Phil on the right and Leah on the left? The world may never know.

As you can see from the pictures on the left, Leah and I are having a new home built. It's in Millstone Township, NJ and should be complete in early February. For the anxious, our new address will be:

15 Hope Drive
Freehold, NJ 07728

Our new phone number is 732-252-8027.

We became godparents for Abbie this year; she is the second child of our good friends, Katie and Red. Leah is pictured here performing the most vital of the godparently duties, "proper laptop operation".

We were able to take a number of trips this year (those frequent flier miles aren't going to spend themselves). On the top are pictures from long-weekend trips to Isle Au Haut, Maine and Dinasaur National Monument, Utah. Pictured below them are the annual favorites, The Outer Banks, North Carolina and Marco Island, Florida.

I'm sure you've all been waiting for this year's dog-couch picture. Believe it or not, there actually is a couch under all that plastic and packing materials. As you can see, the dogs did a great job in helping us get ready to move -- we couldn't have done it without them. Apart from the change in scenery, this year's picture is more-or-less identical to last year's card. Rosie had surgery performed on her left rear leg this year to correct a common breed problem, luxating patella. Since Leah and I have been traveling to Jacksonville so often, these guys have spent plenty of time at Jeremy's and Cara's place.

Leah continued her work with the CSX dispatching team this year. I was brought on to do various other projects for the same group, so we were able to travel together for most of the year. It looks like Leah's work isn't winding down, and I may end up on a different CSX project on the intermodal side, so I am predicting continued travel in 2005.