Saturday, December 27, 2008

christmas part one

Christmas Eve, we had dinner at my parents' house, then went to my aunts' for the Recker family Christmas tradition.

These photos reminds me of a poem..."Jack Sprat could eat no fat. His wife could eat no lean..."

Here are the parents. Still looking as cute as ever!

At my aunts' house, they have one ornament on the tree for everyone in the Recker family. 81 in all! Next year, our baby's will be #82! :)


Christmas Day, we had brunch and dinner at Brandon's parents' house. Carly was all dressed up.

And John was thrilled with all of his Iron Man & Wall-E gifts!

Gee...wonder what we bought Colin?

Brian even made an appearance...

And Chris and Chuck were thrilled with their Jose & Tony's gift certificate. Feliz Navidad, guys!

Brandon's parents got gift cards from us...
...and a big picture frame, which unfortunately got broken within a few hours. (Thank goodness for a great return policy!) Guess Kara didn't want her picture taken....

...and this was the best one I could get of Tom, with Carly crawling on him!
The best part was that everyone was together...

Later that evening, we traveled from Imperial to Pleasant Hills to visit with my Aunt Carol, Uncle Jim and their family (plus my Aunt June, Rich, cousin Scott, his girlfriend Kim, and my cousin Kelly's friend Louie and her beautiful family consisting of 2 gorgeous teens and 2 gorgeous 8-month-old twins!). My cousin Kelly, Don & Diaz were in from New York and cousin Amy was up from Florida. Unfortunately, her fiance Scott and his daughter Rachel weren't able to make the trip because of illness. But it was good to see everyone! PLUS we got baby shower gifts, since my cousins won't be here for my shower next week! Sorry I didn't get any pictures...but it was a great end to a wonderful Christmas Day!!

Christmas Part Two will happen when Chris, Nikki & Reece arrive next week from the Windy City! Stay tuned...

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