WWW New Year’s Rally

We arrived in Montgomery, Texas by about 3 pm on Wednesday for our WWW New Year’s Rally.  The Wests, Pettigrews, Lambe, Goodlett were already here.  We had a nice visit on Wednesday evening with a potluck at the Pettigrew Coach.  All was great!

Earlier we had met at Janet’s to see some of the new jewelry she has been making.

Sharon, Karen, Margaret, Janet and of course, I am taking the picture.

On Thursday evening, we met at The Pizza Shack in Montgomery for dinner.  We all had a great time.  The weather ha been bad, cold and drizzly but nothing stops us from having a good time…

Dean and Shirley….nice looking couple. 

Friday, several of us went shopping to catch some of the After Christmas sales.  We got some good stuff for cheap!  We were out most of the day and had a great time…

We got back just in time to prepare our dish for potluck….  Dinner was served at 6 pm and again, as always, food was great and so was our camaraderie….

After dinner, the games begin.  There were four different tables of people playing different games.

We always have a great time together.  More to come!

Christmas Morning

We all slept late today and when the Girls woke up, they found gifts from Santa….

They are so excited and happy…..

Christmas Eve 2012

We went to spend a couple of nights with Manuel, Veronica, Larissa and Arianna.  We got there on Sunday and left on Tuesday.  We had a great time.  They hosted a Christmas Eve Party for Family members that could attend.  Here are a few pictures.

The Girls are ready to Party!

Veronica is using her outdoor kitchen for the first time.  She had this built within the last week…

She is so happy with this kitchen…..she loves to cook.

Veronica bought the girls some gingerbread house kits so we are hard at work…

All the girls got involved with this project…

The best part of all this is that you get to lick your fingers …..yummy frosting!

Back at the kitchen….things are full swing with the different meats, etc..

Jacob and Melody.

Manuel, Veronica, Corina and Doug enjoying the evening.

These Buenuelos were delicious.  Home made tortillias (fried) topped with sugar and cinnamon.

Kiddos are ready to open some gifts…

  

Getting ready to pass out gifts….

Oh, what fun it is to watch the children….

Oh, Yeah, just what they wanted….a DSi

Is she excited???!!

Lets see what Ms. Santa got you!  Just what he wanted, too.  An iPad!

I did not get a full picture of this plaque he received but it has his name, rank, and years of service.  He really liked this.  Will post a picture of the full plaque later.  It is very nice.

The Aleman Family…..it was great to have them spend this time with us. 

The Esparza Family….

Arianna’s new apron.  She is ready to bake those Christmas cookies….

Leslie and Ashley are ready to Karaoke…

We were up until about 4 am….Great Party!