Contact: Facebook.

Christmas 92

(Picture Album at bottom.)

Hi! Can you believe it, it's already time for another Christmas letter.

It's been a difficult and challenging year for both of us. I applied for, but have been delayed for a year in my bid for promotion to full professor. I have also been engaged in a year-long struggle for the computer lab which I have built. Stephen has had a lengthy bout with ulcerative colitis and lost his dog, Molly.

Through it all, we've managed to find large segments of our life to treasure. Fortunately, Molly is survived by Leonard Catkin, the most beautiful and loving cat, we believe, in the whole world. We had a lovely garden this summer and are continuing to develop a specialty iris garden next year.

During our trip to Memphis this summer, we saw several exhibits, including "Splendors of the Ottoman Sultans" and "The Etruscans." We also visited most of Stephen's relatives in Oregon and California, including his mother, sister Janice and brothers Jim and Larry and their families. There was the trip to Iowa and Wisconsin to visit Stephen's dear friend Agatha, my cousin Marlene and to celebrate the wedding of Debbie Breiter, whose parents have been friends with me since gradutate school days.

I've also taken up as a new hobby, genealogy, and have traced both our family histories back to our immigrant ancestors. In fact, this Thanksgiving, we were regaled with hours of family tales from my mom's incredible memory. This time I got all of them down on paper.

We've also been slowly but steadily renovating our place, working on the family room and office, and finishing the bathroom.

This holiday season we are very pleased to have Stephanie with us for a whole month. It is a joy to see her continue to do so well in her college studies. It won't be long until she graduates. We're thankful for a few good friends, a church to worship in, a comfortable home, and just for the gift of our lives separately and together. May God bless you in this Holiday Season and New Year.

Jim and Stephen

Picture Album

Jim Andris, Stephanie Nichols (Stephen's daugher), Jackie Nichols, Jim Nichols (Stephen's brother)

Jo Nichols, Jackie Nichols, Stephen F. Nichols, "Little" Jackie, Jim Nichols, Mark Nichols

Micky Keiter, Jim Andris, Ian Keiter, John Keiter, Jane Keiter (Portland, Oregon)

Stephen Nichols and mother, Fern Hiatt Nichols Honeycutt

Jamie Jo Nichols France (niece), Stephen L. Nichols

California sunset

Four Generations: Karyn Pope Norton (3), Jordan France (4), Kiffany Horton (4), Fern Hiatt Nichols Honecutt (1), Janice Nichols Pope (2)

granddaughter, Alivia, and grandmother, Fern Honeycutt

More amazing California coastline

Stephen Nichols, brother, Jim Nichols, cousin, Joanne Unterseher Simmons (Fern's sister Edith's daughter), Jackie Nichols, sister-in-law, Robert Simmons

Stephen Nichols and Jim Andris on a Santa Monica Beach

Jim Andris and Mariam Edgar in Santa Monica

Stephen and a view of the La Jolla Coastline

daughter, Stephanie and dad, Stephen at Christmas time

Jim Andris at Christmas 1992

Christmas 1992 at 4961-E McPherson: Stephanie, Stephen, Sue Troha, Ron Cioli

Carol Wesley

Sue Troha and Jan Dunlap

Stephen L. Nichols and Henry Shaw

The beautiful Japanese Garden at Missouri Botanical Gardens in winter