Christmas Night

We left Findlay a bit earlier than planned due to an impending

snow storm.  I did not wish to drive through that!  So I called

Kathryn and asked if it would be ok that we arrived a few hours 

earlier than expected.  Of course there was no problem.

 Upon our arrival we had a nice surprise!

Kathryn had called my parents and they came out for a nice

Christmas Night together.

 We opened gifts and had yummy treats.

 I hit a home run with Katie's gift!

 And Katie hit a home run with El's gift!

Christmas Morning!

Christmas morning we were in Findlay.

 El and Eva come out to check out if Santa found us so far north.

 No problem... that Santa is good!

 Fashion Girls.

Eva loves her sequined beret!

El's boots are made for walking...

Papa's Party

 Dede had a surprise 75th birthday party for Papa.

Papa's birthday is December 24th ( I know, even 

worse than the 15th!)  So we got to see some snow

this year!

" Why are all these people in my house? "

 A lovely catered meal...

with friends... 

 and family...

 and cocktails.

Christmas in Houston 2012!

 Fabene' and Lelly hangin' out at the bar.

 Rex's meal NEVER disappoints!

 Cheers to that!

 Santa sure does get around.

 Pictures worth a thousand words.

 Lelly had too much Christmas.

Ten Days of Christmas

 I started the ten days of Christmas when Katie and Lolo were quite little. The ten days starts on my birthday and ends on Christmas Eve. I bought the girls ten gifts. They open one each day (in theory) and when the last one is opened they know that the next day is Christmas!

I started this tradition, partly in remembering when I was young and Gramma and Grampa Brown would send a box of small wrapped gifts from Florida. We would get to pick one each day and then open the rest on Christmas. I remembered how thrilled I was to get to open some early. How exciting it was to pick one out of the box hoping it was something good. I was always thrilled no matter what it was.

When my girls came along, Kathryn picked up this tradition and sends them the ten days.

Eva's Holiday Party at School.

 PJ's, hot chocolate, and The Polar Express...

Sounds like a great party to me!

 This is my Happy Birthday board from my class!

Misc. Christmas...

 Eva's school holiday party outfit!

 Picking out a Christmas Tree... Katie had a ball!

She grew up as an artificial tree kid.

Christmas Card picture.