Saturday, December 27, 2008

can Christmas really be over?

Time really does fly! My parents made the long trip down to NOLA to spend Christmas with Matt and I, and I was soooooo happy to see them! We had a wonderful, relaxing time. Saturday night we had dinner at NOLA, which was excellent as usual. Sunday, we went to church and then Phyllis and Jonathan came over (our friends from church). Jonathan, Matt and Dad went to the shooting range that afternoon. And Phyllis, mom and I baked Christmas cookies for the assisted living center beside our neighborhood. Monday and Tuesday, I had to work, but mom and dad kept very busy. Dad installed new light fixtures over both the bathroom sinks and two new faucets (a truly huge job!). They look incredible!! One million times better than the old! Mom did a lot of cleaning, and our bath tub looks new now!
Christmas Eve day, we went down to Fulton Street to see the decorations and had lunch at Gordon Birsch. That evening, Mom and I cooked a huge ham dinner (ham, mashed potatoes, sauteed sweet potatoes, broccoli casserole, and black bean mash). It was yummy!



Christmas morning was filled with surprises! Here are few snapshots of the gift opening . . . Matt and his makers and makers glasses (he was very pleased)

mom with her new bowls from dad


is this a face of pure happiness or what? new cowboy boot slippers!




this truly is the face of happiness . . . dad's new slot car (a porshe, i think)



frankie's present . . . a mouse on a string




my (very) big present from matt . . . a blue sapphire necklace



and matt's big present from me . . . the iPhone!


We were so glad my parents were here to share Christmas with us! It wouldn't have been the same without them.
We hope all of our fellow blog-readers had a very merry Christmas as well!






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