Christmas #2 - Gona and Baca's

On the 19th we went to Gona and Baca's for dinner and presents. Each year it gets more and more difficult as kids get older and are traveling, but we managed to all make it together for a celebration. We started the evening with a new tradition - green spaghetti and red sauce. There was also fruit, cheese, bread and salad, YUM!

--Here is Nikki serving pasta--

--I think this is my favorite picture of Mac so far this Christmas--

Mac wouldn't eat in her chair, only on Aunti Em's lap. She is quite an Aunti Em's girl! She also got to wear her new Santa bib that Gona and Baca got her for Christmas.

Here she is running around with the cousins before presents:

--And we had the perfect setting with a real fire and a tree--

--Aunti Em got towels, now she can answer the door like a desperate housewife :)--

--Gona and Baca got Mac a lamb that unfolds into a pillow and blankey, she told everyone night night and laid down with Aunti Em--

--Baca got a cowboy hat, isn't he handsome!--

--Tali wanted a cell phone for Christmas, this was Gona's idea of something close--

--Later she got a real cell phone, and Nikki got a box of money!--

--Kade got an aquarium--

The funny story with the aquarium is the order in which the presents were open. Gona and Baca got him a cleaning set and a plant for it, but he hadn't opened the aquarium yet. Gona told him it was to help clean hers when he came over. Kade attempted to act happy and said thank you....it was too funny!

We were very spoiled this year. We got language CDs for italian, along with Italy guides and money belts, calendars, Drake clothes, portable DVD player, snowman kit, folding chairs, cookbooks, socks (emmi is starting a new tradition - love it!) Mac got clothes, socks, her lamb, emergency kit for the plan ride to Washington, a tote to hang on the back of our car seat that has her name on it, and can hold all her treasures, a baby doll, a sled, and I know I am missing some things, but needless to say, it was a great Christmas!!!