Christmas morning started out like every other morning on vacation. Bailey is our alarm clock and when she wakes up happy, we have to get up.
we then ventured out of our room to spread the Christmas cheer.
After some breakfast and waving hi to everyone we all got ready and then headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Galeria's house.
Meeting for the first time.
half unsure, half curious...
And this is how we spent the next few hours. Sitting around talking, laughing, and opening presents.Here is Craig laughing. Probably because Grandpa just called him a smart a$$, which Craig most likely deserved.
Robby stealing some jelly beans. Something we all used to love to do. Me? Not so much anymore since there is a possibility they are the same ones we used to fight over fifteen years ago.
Grandpa talking to his favorite grandchild.
If you thought for a second that bringing his first great grandchild into the world would have bumped me up on the favorite list you are probably right. But there is absolutely no competing with getting into Berkley law school at the ripe age of 20, finishing up the third year at Harvard, getting a prestigious clerk ship, and then landing a sweet job with a huge salary.No amount of children trumps that...so we will settle for 2nd best.
Make that third. Because it just so happens that Janet probably can not even beat out my beautiful Mom for favorite.
In the words of my Grandpa..."Your Mom is a peach."And who doesn't love peaches?
Bailey reading her new Christmas books from Great Grandma and Grandpa with her Grandpa...
My Sam...
and of course; more hanging out.
Grandma bought a few cookbooks for the girls. We got to pick which ones we wanted. There may or may not have been a few fights over who got what.
For the second half of Christmas we all loaded back into our cars and headed over to Aunt Teresa and Uncle Ron's house for delicious dinner and the white elephant gift exchange.
Dinner was so good. So much food and variety. Multiple kinds of salad, meats, potatoes, vegetables, california rolls, appetizers, etc. You name it, it was there and tasted good. And then before you knew it, it was time for the gift exchange. There was a fifteen foot table filled to the brim of presents both big and small. If you were Craig, you would always pick the biggest box you could find. You would announce that the best presents came in the biggest boxes, and then you would pick a twenty pound bag of bird seeds with a bird feeder. Then you would bribe every person to try to steal it from you, until it was Uncle Mel's turn.
He would steal the bird feeder and seeds from you. You would then proceed to pick the next biggest box. And then you would leave the gift exchange with a bag full of zip ties, still claiming that the best presents were in the biggest boxes.
Sam and I made out like bandits. I picked the last number, and he picked the third to last so we had the pick of the litter. We stole the Target gift card from Zenna and Toy Story 3 from Janet.
Bailey, however, did the best. She got a new car...
new clothes, stackable cups, books, money, toys...etc. She got so many things that we may or may not have decided to keep our Christmas present for her hidden away until her birthday comes around in May.
a picture of all the cousins...
too bad you can barely see the kids on top and Robby was thinking about what he was going to eat next.
And the whole Christmas gang...
we had such a fun Christmas day with the whole family. It was just like old times.
My Sam...
and of course; more hanging out.
Grandma bought a few cookbooks for the girls. We got to pick which ones we wanted. There may or may not have been a few fights over who got what.For the second half of Christmas we all loaded back into our cars and headed over to Aunt Teresa and Uncle Ron's house for delicious dinner and the white elephant gift exchange.
Dinner was so good. So much food and variety. Multiple kinds of salad, meats, potatoes, vegetables, california rolls, appetizers, etc. You name it, it was there and tasted good. And then before you knew it, it was time for the gift exchange. There was a fifteen foot table filled to the brim of presents both big and small. If you were Craig, you would always pick the biggest box you could find. You would announce that the best presents came in the biggest boxes, and then you would pick a twenty pound bag of bird seeds with a bird feeder. Then you would bribe every person to try to steal it from you, until it was Uncle Mel's turn.
He would steal the bird feeder and seeds from you. You would then proceed to pick the next biggest box. And then you would leave the gift exchange with a bag full of zip ties, still claiming that the best presents were in the biggest boxes.Sam and I made out like bandits. I picked the last number, and he picked the third to last so we had the pick of the litter. We stole the Target gift card from Zenna and Toy Story 3 from Janet.
Bailey, however, did the best. She got a new car...
new clothes, stackable cups, books, money, toys...etc. She got so many things that we may or may not have decided to keep our Christmas present for her hidden away until her birthday comes around in May.a picture of all the cousins...
too bad you can barely see the kids on top and Robby was thinking about what he was going to eat next.And the whole Christmas gang...
we had such a fun Christmas day with the whole family. It was just like old times.
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