This year, the holidays really flew! We were lucky to be able to have lots of family in town for Thanksgiving, then the Sorenson cousins got together to celebrate Katie's graduation. She got her bachelor's degree in nursing!
Then we headed to San Diego to spend Christmas with my dad, stepmom Kathy, and my three adorable little brothers. (I also have 2 older brothers, though I would no longer call them adorable... handsomely debonair maybe). My grandma Petersen also came down for the holidays. We always have so much fun together. Rocky had a blast playing with his little uncles. They were like the three amigos... or stooges maybe.
Jack followed little Dylan's every movement and even picked up on the word "ma ma" while we were there (a Dylan favorite). We also got to see 2 of my best buds Melissa and Jaime. It was fun seeing all of our kids play together and interact.
Kathy was an incredible hostess cooking a delicious multiple course French feast! It was TRES BIEN! We were impressed with the decorations and centerpieces too, along with the cute kid's table she had set up. Among many, many other items, the meal included cassis, coconut shrimp, lamb, caviar, foie gras, pate, and pumpkin pecan pie all prepared by Kathy with assistance by Grandma.
The kids were so fun to watch the next morning opening up their presents. This was the first year that they were really aware of it all and looked forward to it. Kathy and my dad spoiled us. We loved it. Kathy is such a fun, thoughtful person and really made the holidays special for us. I'm so glad that she is a part of our family. And we couldn't get enough of Brandon, Evan and Dylan. They are such sweet kids. We are blessed to have so many loving family members on all sides of our family. Now, we are looking forward to spending New Year's Eve tonight with Uncle Mort and Aunt Lacie's family, where we will be debuting our Guitar Hero World Tour game we got from Dad and Kathy and eating homemade Cafe Rio pork barbacoa burritos! Life is good!!
As an aside, do you notice how often I mention food? You see where my focus is...
Here are some more pictures of our holidays of 2008:
Rocky's Sorenson cousins at Thanksgiving
Cousin Gabe & Rocky
My awesome sister-in-laws Kari & Julia and I dressed up for Julia's B-day
Jodi & Cousin Jason at Katie's graduation party
Cute cousins Chloe & Chelsea... who is always great with the kids
Cousins Brad & Angie in town for Katie's graduation
Jack & his awesome uncle Rob
My little bro Evan all dressed up for the Christmas Eve dinner
Dylan & Jack bonding in their high chairs during the Christmas Eve dinner
Brandon excited about opening Santa's gifts Christmas morning
Crazy big sister Jodi reading stories to all the boys
1 comment:
Jodi! I am glad your Christmas was so great. it looked like you did a lot of traveling! I miss you, you look so great.
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