A Good Christmas

We had a nice Christmas this year. Even if it was a little different without my parents here. Each of us received some wonderful gifts this year. Naomi commented that she must have been extra good this year because Santa brought her a lot of presents. Santa was very kind to Mommy and Daddy and brought the girls a lot of matching presents. Thanks Santa!!! Then Jenny, Shane, and Aurora came over in the afternoon to share Christmas dinner with us. This is the first holiday dinner that I made on my own. It turned out really good if I do say so myself.

The tree and stockings before the girls came down

The girls opening some presents. (With help from mom they opened the matching gifts at the same time.)

David with his favorite present

Our Big Christmas Present

Both girls really wanted a fish tank for Christmas this year. (The apple does not fall far from the tree!!!) I have been looking around on the internet for a used tank. I was thinking of getting the girls a small 10g or 20g tank. And then I remembered that I had this 55g tank that used to be my brother's in my classroom at school. My parents had inherited it from my brother and when they moved they donated it to me for use in my classroom. However, I have so many tanks in my room I did not have any room to set up this year so it has been hanging out in my back storage room. Since it belonged to me not the school, I decided why not bring it home and give it to the girls for Christmas. Our biggest problem was how to get it home. Thanks to Jenny's PT cruiser and two trips to my school we brought the tank home and left it in our garage. Then I went shopping for decorations for the tank. I had a blast if you couldn't tell from the picture. And then after the girls went to bed Christmas Eve, David and I cleaned up and set up the tank. The girls absolutely love it. All we have to do is buy new aerators for it. We did not realize the aerators have lost their go juice.

Another Christmas Eve Tradition

Even though this is not the greatest picture, another tradition of ours is to go and experience the light show at the Cottage Charm in downtown Katy. It is a wonderful experience. They have decorated the cottage with a plethora of lights and every 15 minutes or so the lights blink on and off to music that is aired on 89.9FM. We throughly enjoy seeing this every year. This year there was a family that was bringing around free hot chocolate to all of the cars. What a nice gesture!

Christmas

We had an enjoyable Christmas this year. Dan, Mike, and Arielle and their respective spouses came down to Houston this year for Christmas. It was nice to spend time with everyone. Here are some pictures from Christmas morning
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