Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas!

Frank with the Christmas stockings
Merry Christmas!
This morning began very early, of course.  You can't really expect anything else when Frank is around.  I was woken up early, around 5:30 by a loud horn.  By the third time he blew that horn, I said, "I heard you the first time!"  It brought back memories to my Christmas with them when I lived with them in Las Vegas 11 yrs ago.  Wow, I can't believe that was 11 yrs ago!
We started with our stockings and then opened gifts.  When we were done, we got ready for church.  Their church was actually meeting with 2 other wards, one of them the Spanish ward.  So, despite the fact that I wasn't in Mexico, part of my meeting was in Spanish (just a few words, they had a translator for most of it) and I sang some of the hymns in Spanish as well.
Patti opening her stocking
After church, the missionaries came over for Christmas dinner.  It was a really good meal: ham, applesauce, stuffing, deviled eggs, salad, rolls.  It was good.  After dinner, we played a game called Farkle.  We HAD to play the game because they had given me my own travel version for Christmas and I needed to learn how to play.  It is a dice rolling game.  It was a lot of fun.  I miserably lost the first round, but I won the second round.
It was a good day.  I'm glad I came for Christmas.  I'm also really excited to go home tomorrow.  Its amazing how much I miss Juarez when I'm not there...
My stocking stuffers and gift from Santa
Opening a present
Frank excited for his new hand-held GPS
Frank and Patti opening my gift to them
Aztec calendar blanket
Sadie excited for her present
Family picture
Preparing Christmas dinner
While we were waiting for the food to be ready,
the missionaries and I worked on this 3000 piece
puzzle my aunt had been working on.
Christmas salad, somehow pomegranate make it look
so festive!
After dinner, playing Farkle

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