Showing posts with label Christmas 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas 2012. Show all posts

Monday, December 31, 2012

Christmas Festivities - Part 2

Lucky us -- we had two Christmases this year! 
 
 
 
A couple days after Christmas, we went to my son's house
for Christmas with his sweet wife and kids.
 
 
 
It was so much fun! 
The kiddos are growing fast and so so sweet!
 
 
 
Philip and Catherine made yummy Mexican food. 
 Mr. Tennis went nuts for the enchiladas -- they were extremely delish!  
Everything was so good!
 
 
Maddy had suggested we start having a "talent show"
after the gift-giving, so we gave it a try!
 
 
Results = hilarious!!
 
Connor did a yoyo trick!
 
Mr. Tennis had no ideas so Maddy and I suggested he be "Mr. Napkinhead." 
 Yes, we had recently watched "The Holiday." 
He was very funny.  I was busy filming, so couldn't get any photos
 of the contestants but, believe me, we were all laughing our heads off!
 
Philip did a magic trick -- how did he make that quarter disappear?
Catherine played the piano -- so lovely -- one of my fave songs -- theme from Cheers!
 
Maddy and I did our own rendition of "Call Me Maybe."   If I didn't know it already, the video confirmed, I have no sense of rhythm. 
 
While the littles napped, Maddy and I played Scattergories
with Philip and Catherine.  What a fun game! 
And Maddy and I introduced Philip and Catherine to one of 
our all-time favorite shows, DC Cupcakes. 
 
 
 
Thanks again to Philip and Catherine for hosting us. 
It was a blast and made Christmas so special.
 
 

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Christmas Festivities!


Didn't Christmas just sneak up on you this year? 
It sure did at our house!
 

On Christmas Eve, Mr. Tennis returned from a  quick trip to Illinois to visit his family.
We were so happy to have him home again!
 

The weather was frightfully cold, snowy, icy and Maddy came down with
quite a sore throat/cough-type virus -- boohoo!
We all had it one at a time throughout the month and called it
"The Christmas Cold!"


What was I thinking -- we dressed alike???

After mass on Christmas Eve and setting out our luminaries,
we had a yummy homemade Stromboli for dinner
and opened one gift - or was it two?




Maddy was up at 4:30 AM on Christmas morning --
to find the Cookie dog that Santa left for her!  
We had a low key but lovely day and I cooked and cooked and cooked --
which is so not typical for me! 
We missed Philip and Catherine and the littles,
but spent the 27th with them celebrating again --
update on that celebration to come!
 
 

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Merry Merry Christmas!


 
The gift of Love,
The gift of Peace,
The gift of Happiness . . .
May these be yours this Christmas season!