A Perfect Time For Families!

Hello, Everybody!
If you don't take the Christmas decorations down, does it mean that Christmas is not over just yet? We don't want to take everything down. We both love the decorations so much. It sort of keeps us in the Christmas Spirit!

We hope you had a nice Christmas. We did. This first picture was taken in front of Sharon's home. Her daughter, Paula, and her husband, Jason, had just arrived for Christmas Eve. The man on the left is Bobby Blanco. He used to live across the street from us. The kids went to school together. They all graduated in 1989 from high school, but they are still the "kids" to us.
On Christmas Day, we spent time with each of our own families, and also visited with each other's families. Ellen went to Scott and Margaret's home to celebrate with the Negretes. Each year they are so sweet to extend an invitation to Sharon, so she tries to get by there in the afternoon for a short while. Below is the hostess-Margaret along with Ellen.

This is a nice picture of a group in the kitchen. Scott's mom is the blonde. Scott is the host, and is shown with his two daughters, Alex and Daryl. What a beautiful family they are.

Here we have Mark with his mom,Mary. Mark is always clowning around when it is picture time.

Sharon and her husband, went to Jason's folks for Christmas dinner. Here they are at the elder Zona's home.

Paula is showing off a bottle of wine on Ellen's dining room table. It is one she purchased in November when we went to the Picchetti Winery in Lake Tahoe this past November. In beautiful script, it says,"Tahoe" on the bottle. We are saving it for a special occasion.

Ellen took this shot of Paula and Sharon. We had just taken her out for lunch at Thyme Matters. (You have heard of this restaurant before.) We just love to go there.

The time passed too quickly. Ellen is off of school all next week, too. There is no telling just what kind of mischief we will create. We do want to see a movie or two. We have heard that "The Great Debaters" is good. We also want to see "Charlie Wilson's War." We will let you know just how the next week goes, and what we end up doing. We haven't even done too many after Christmas sales this year. It has been too COLD! And now we will see if the New England Patriots are able to keep their perfect record intact. Until next time. . . . . . . . . . ...