Evening at the grandparents

After breakfast, we packed up and headed for Rio Vista to visit the grandparents. The bottom pic is my parents and all of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We had a good dinner and enjoyed fun company.

Christmas Day 2008

We had a wonderful day beginning with presents at 5:30 a.m., a great homemade breakfast, and lots more presents.  Gaby really got into the gift receiving today and kept looking under our tree to see if more presents arrived. She made out like a bandit so I think in the next few days Rob and I will go through some of her old toys and donate them to charity. Her favorite toys ended up being Natalia's toys like the bouncy pony that grandma bought her and all the dolls Nati received from family and friends. 

I really feel blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life. We were in great company today and shared lots of fun and laughs.

Christmas Eve

I'm not having the best of luck posting photos on blogger so make do with the tiny pics of Natalia and Gaby opening up some of their gifts on Christmas Eve. More pictures to come.

Christmas with good friends

Last weekend, Raquel and Noelene came up to have lunch and visit the girls and I. Both women were good friends of mine in high school and we've managed to stay in touch this long. The visit was great and I'm so happy to have these positive people in my life.

House on Devonshire!

Every year, we make an effort to drive to Novato and see the decorated house on Devonshire. This house is packed with Christmas stuff. Gaby wouldn't go down the hallway where "?Elfvis" was so we pushed her down like last year. Here are a few of the pics.