Christmas Eve and Day

Christmas came and went so fast. It just seems like yesterday that we were decorating our home with lights and putting up our Christmas tree, watching Frosty the Snowman and Polar Express (Our favorites), and making our list for Santa. Now we have to take everything down. It was a nice quiet Christmas Eve. We went to my sister Matha's house and then to my mom's. It was nice to see all of my nieces, nephews, their partners and their kids, sisters and brother. I only have one brother and nine sisters. Our tradition for Christmas Eve is to be home by 8 o'clock to have Nate & Kate put put cookies and milk for Santa. I guess the cookies were good because Santa ate them all and drank all of the milk. The kids got up so early (anybody else had this experience?), we of course stayed up a little later than the kids, and since we no longer have our digital camera we only filmed the Christmas morning experience. It was raining so hard on Christmas day that our plans to visit Grandma Louise (Kris' Grandma) were not looking good. We had our bags ready and we were dressed to go but were waiting for the rain to lessen, by one o'clock we were still waiting and Kris did not want to drive in the rain because it was coming down like cats and dogs. Kris' mom (Kathy) called and also suggested that we do not come. The kids started crying and were upset it was no a good thing. Kathy talk to them and told them we would see them tomorrow (12/26/08) at cousin Carolyn's house. I did not buy groceries because we were not going to be home all week so we had nothing for dinner. We ended up at my sisters house to have left overs. We had tacos de carne asada and pastor like the ones you buy from the Mexican taco man. My sister Martha is one of the best cooks other than my mom and Kathy, on the other hand I try making the same thing that they make and it doesn't come out tasting so good, I guess I have to keep on tying. The next day we went to Carolyn's and were so excited to see Grandma Louise there. The kids were so excited to go see and play with their cousins (Ruby, Izabelle, Micheal, Joseph, and little Louise. We had a great time with the Garcia Family (David and Carolyn Rivera), Arelene, Mom, and Uncle Joe and Mary. The only thing missing this Christmas was Kris' brother and family (Stevie, Heather, Melaina, and Reina) they live in Kauai, Hawaii. Nate & Kate can't wait to see them. We are thankful that we were able to have a wonderful Christmas this year and so blessed with family, we are still recovering from Christmas.