After a wonderful Christmas Eve at our house with Ed’s family, we spent Christmas at Carrie’s parents’ house, with Eric, Shirley, the Facey kids, Debbie, Taylor, and Millie coming in from Perris. As has been the case since we’ve been married, we had yet another wonderful Christmas day filled with holiday joy, great food, and quality family time – especially with the Facey kids!
We got to Larry and Mary Anne’s house a little before Eric’s family rolled in, so we went to town right away with our presents. We got so many cool things, not the least of which was our choice of a musical theater show in 2009, complete with dinner! Eric and Shirley got the same thing, so we’ll most likely make it a double date!
Here’s us with a very cool cocktail book (accompanied by what is quickly becoming a new tradition – two cool new martini glasses!):
And here’s Larry and Mary Anne with our present for Larry – a really cool Disney Christmas tree skirt. We were pleased to hear from Mary Anne that Larry had been eyeing it for the past couple of years, so we’re glad he’s now the happy owner of it!
And then the Facey kids arrived!
Our present to the Facey kids was a weekend with us where we’ll take them to a cooking class. In the meantime, we got them these aprons, paint markers, and a Ratatouille cookbook to get them ready for the experience! We can’t wait!
We got Eric and Shirley a framed history of the Facey name. Hey, you gotta know where you’ve been to know where you’re going!
Jordan, ever working her way up to Master Magician status, got this great book of magic tricks! She took great care not to let any of us look inside the book – a magician must keep her trade a secret!
Here’s Kendall with one of her presents – a Disney cook book! Oh yes, those Facey kids are going to be master chefs in not too long…
And here’s Ella with some cute new duds:
Wow, there’s no doubt they share the same genes, huh? Look at the chin, cheeks, eyes, and eyebrows!
We have no pics of it, but Kendall is growing more and more into a lady each time we see her. She got a cellphone this Christmas! Pretty grown up, if you ask us!
Here’s Ed with the Facey kids (minus Ella)!
How cool is this? The girls (minus Ella) all got watches that look just like Auntie Carrie’s!
And the festive placesettings for dinner:
Ella’s expression here is priceless. Do you think she was having a good time?
Mikayla took this photo of us. Hmm…does she have a future as a photographer? Great pic!
Great pic of Carrie and her dad!
Ed and Mikalya!
Merry Christmas, everyone! We wish everyone a peaceful and wonderful 2009 too.
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