Sunday, December 28, 2008

Christmas 2008

We had a very busy week before the holiday. Joe and I were both very busy at work getting everything finished up before being off for the holidays. We hosted Christmas Eve with my family and Christmas Day with Joe's family. Jonah woke up sick on Christmas morning, so we spent most of our gift exchange in his bedroom. I felt so bad for him. He's still not back to normal.

We are planning to spend New Year's with the de Lachica family in the desert. We hope you are all enjoying your holidays. Until next time...

Monday, December 1, 2008

Thanksgiving 2008

So, this year, we didn't go to Yucaipa. We tried someplace new. Since we didn't book until October, we went to Lake Perris. I was pleasantly surprised that the place did not live up to my memories of jet ski day trips from 1988. It was actually a good place for us to all get together for the holiday, except for the flies. The flies actually made me a little nostalgic for my childhood spent in Chino. The entire de Lachica family was present, except for Jordan. She is now a working girl and was not able to take off the weekend since she works in retail. I remember those days well. My family also joined us this year. With my Dad being newly retired, he and Deb brought their motor home. My brother, Justin even joined us.

You could have called the trip bring your dog(s) to Thanksgiving. We had 42 people for dinner and 7 dogs on the trip. Wow! We were so happy with Milo on the trip. He was so good being an only dog. He was even trying to show the new guy, Obie, the ropes.

On Friday, my Grandma and Abe came to spend the afternoon for a visit in Abe's new Corvette! I only wish I took a picture of them pulling away in that car. Uncle Bob, (Jonah's god father) rode out for the day on his Harley and spent the night with us.

We celebrated Joe's Dad's birthday Sunday morning with a big breakfast before we all headed for home. When we came home, Jonah promptly got a fever. My boy gets sick every time he has a really good time!

We hope you all had a great holiday. I have a feeling the next 30 days will be a blur. Only 23 days until Christmas vacation! Until next time...

Thanksgiving 2008