Christmas 2009

Our family Christmas celebration was held on the 20th this year so that the clan could be together.

Andrew was pleased with the Wii he got. Elena loved the Wii game that she got to play on the Wii she got a few years ago.

After we ate a huge meal consisting of all kinds of hor d'oevres, including roasted shrimp, tenderloin slices, baked jalapenos that were stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon (from Tommy's kitchen), hummus, green salad and so many other things, we all sat down to open gifts.

The kids had waited patiently for hours and anticipation was high when we finally got the signal that gifts were about to come out of hiding. Jeff and Margaret are waiting just as patiently.

My favorite picture is one of Jeff and Margaret's son and my great grandson Dakota very carefully opening a package.









On Christmas Eve it snowed all day here in
Texas and my front courtyard had started to fill up with snow. In my blog post last spring I posted a picture of the courtyard without snow and ready for the summer months.