Christmas Week 2009

Monday, December 21, 2009 I went over to Mom's to pick up my older brother Jason and his family. It had been a  few weeks since we last saw them. Thanksgiving was the last time we had all gathered together for the celebration. With Jason, was his girlfriend Mindy and their daughters, Kassidy & Mya. Kassidy was kind of adpoted by Jason, not legally but by his love. Mya, was the daughter of Mindy & Jason. Regardless of how these two got together, or what crazy things took place in Jay's life to get him to this moment, we were blessed to have them here with us. Kassidy is 3 years old and Jessy just loves her cousin. The family got to stay the night here in our home for the night so the girls wore themselves out until it was time for bed.


Last night we had the rest of the family over, minus my eldest brother's family in Arizona. We had all decided that since Jason would be going to visit Mindy's dad for Christmas we should all have our Christmas now with him. So we did just that. Hector made Carne Guisada, mom brought over a delicious pot of beans, and my sister brought over her rice. What a meal! Amanda, my sister in law & I joked about how the 2 Liter drinks she brought over and my pretty chinet plates from Wal Mart completed the meal!! Hey, we were a part of making that meal happen!!


So after dinner we got to sit around and watch the last of SING OFF, which we really didn't pay much attention to because we were too busy laughing at one another! Good times. The children, all 5 of them and 3 babies had a great time playing and hanging out with one another. My niece Katy is now a month, Mya is 5 months, and well Nina is 9.5 months! Crazy baby time for our family.


So present time came and only Jason's family passed out presents to Jason's boys, Jayden & Ivan, and to mom and dad. We all had gifts for his family. It was so awesome! Gabriel and Jessy sat back at first with sad faces because they didn't have any gifts to open but we all quickly reminded them that their present time is coming soon!! Jason and Mindy left today about 430p.m. and headed back to Summerville. They are traveling to Tyler tomorrow. We had so much fun with them staying up late playing games like Uno Attack and Scrabble! I kicked butt in both games! Woo Hoo!


So tonight, we settled in back to our peace and quiet, hehe. We love love love our family and ALL the kids we all have now, but there is nothing like being in your own home doing your own things...like laying around comfortably in your PJs! Do you agree?


Tonight I made Spaghetti and tried a new Spinach sauce which was delish! Jessy didn't even know what she was eating! *Good one Mom* Nina Sophia sat with us and ate her noodles! She had so much fun. After dinner we ate cookies that I baked. They were the Mint Chocolate Chip cookies from Toll House (I think). We loved them. Tomorrow, Jessy and I are going to bake a whole bunch of them including different ones for our wonderful neighbors and family at church. We are having our Christmas Celebration at church tomorrow night. Jessy is performing with her class as well. It is her 1st big girl performance and I can't wait to see her. We bought her an outfit for it today...and we had to add of course,  a red and white striped scarf! Cuteness.


Okay, I would love to keep writing but I have to get going. It is time to put Jessy in bed.


Good night and thank you for letting me share my life with you. Tomorrow I would love to write about Giving than Receiving.


God is good.


*PattyGarcia*