Happy Holidays! (12-27-13)

And a wonderful time was had by all. 


Paul’s mom flew in from El Paso a few days before Christmas and we all spent the day at Paul’s nephew’s house. 

Part of the attraction is Shad and Amy’s son, William, who we had never met. He is a 21 month old barrel of fun!

We have also been spending considerable time there because Paul offered to help Shad and Amy with their deck.  He was quite happy to have a project to sink his teeth into.  The original intent was to just add a railing, but after checking it out, they decided to do a rebuild of the deck itself.  I'll put some before and after pictures in a different post.







Christmas Eve was spent at Paul’s brother’s house, eating the day away, as usual! It’s so nice that in Southern California, we can relax outside on Christmas Eve!

William is a constant entertainment, especially when he does things like use the doggy door to go in and out of the house!

Christmas morning was just the three of us-Jess, Paul and I- or should I say the four of us.  Dozer thought we got this  just for him.

Our newest tree ornament, a gift from my sister, is a small travel trailer- perfect for our tree!

Our main gift to Jess was new clothes and the three of us had gone shopping together in L.A. for that, but she still had no shortage of gifts to open. 

In the afternoon, it was back to Shad and Amy’s house where we enjoyed watching William play with all his new toys.  Lucky for his mom and dad, this drum set is fun, but not too noisy!

Although I missed my family, it was nice to be able to spend the holidays with Paul’s family.