12.26.2008: Christmas #3 and A Day to Recover

On Friday, the 26th, Vince got up early in the morning and flew back to AZ to pick up Drake and bring him to Riverside. We spent the morning relaxing, doing a little shopping, going to visit Gramma & Papa, etc. Vince came back with Drake around noon, just in time for an Albertos lunch. YUMMO! (For those of you that do not know, Albertos is an absolute must-have for us when we all come into Riverside!! :) The simple things in life that make us happy!) That evening Kenny, Nicole & Matthew arrived...with June & Cash (their puppies). We had a nice dinner and spent the evening opening more presents. This was our 2nd, 3rd, 4th, ??? (lost count of how many) Christmas! Again, all getting wonderful gifts and just in general having fun opening presents!!

Side note - Vicki (Nicole's Mom) made us all these pictures of the kids that are amazing!! I took a pic of the ones of Drake, Andrew and Brianna (see below). They are sooooo cute!!! She did a great job and those are something we will always keep & cherish! I really want to learn how to do these! THANK YOU!

So, after the kiddos went to bed, we broke out some of the games we all got. It started with a little Twister. Yes, that is right.....good, old fashioned Twister! Has anyone actually played that recently?! It was not only hilarious, but also not that easy! Guess we aren't as limber as we used to be!!! Needless to say, it was fun and made for good laughs and good pictures (some that will not be published!)!!! After Twister we tried out Alisa's new Dance, Dance Revolution. Matt was the only one that tried this one. Not as fun as Twister, but still interesting. Then of course, we had to break out the karaoke machine. Due to lack of karaoke cd's (and not enough alcohol consumption....which we made up for the next night), we didn't get many people up there singing! Vince (surprise, surprise) did, and so did Matt....who sang a Beatles song and was very good!

Since it was late, and we went thru all our new games, we decided to hit the hay and get ready for another long day of Christmas activities!!!

All the Christmas Pics are on my Kodak Gallery here: Christmas 2008 Pics

Oh, and did I forget to comment on the picture of the boys playing Twister....Brent & Kenny in the dual ready position....looks like the beginning of a new NKOTB or NYSNC routine!! NICE!!!