Christmas Morning Smiles

Merry Christmas!

 

Christ, always at the center.

Christmas PJs.

We stepped it up for our reenactment 
of the Nativity this year.

Christmas Eve treats

Christmas cookies, yum!

Ben killed it in basketball on
Christmas Eve morning, 
but possibly cracked some ribs.

Family Christmas party

Green potatoes and ham

"Laughing All the Way"

Deep Sea Fishing

The one thing Q really wanted to do while we were in Mexico was go deep sea fishing.  We went out at sunrise from the Paradise Village Marina.  It was a beautiful morning.  Q only caught 2 little fish and one big fish.  He was disappointed, but we also saw whales.  

The next day, Ben and Q went out again, this time from the little fishing village or Boca De Tomatlan.  They had a great time, and a little more success.  

Merry Christmas from Mexico

Ben and my gift to each other this year was a pre-Christmas trip to Mexico.  Our friend Steve had offered us a free week in Paradise Village and Ben was already down there, so Q and I flew down for the week.  It was heavenly!  

Our friend Adrian leant us his car
for the week.  It was a hoopty with no A/C

Check out the star fish
on top of the tree!

The Thanksgiving Flu

A week before Thanksgiving, Q came down with the flu. Fever, vomiting, cough, runny nose, aches, chills.  He was miserable.  On our drive up to Washington, he slept in the back of the car on a mattress.  Unfortunately, Ben and I both started to feel the symptoms and I spent Thanksgiving mostly in bed.  No turkey or mashed potatoes for me this year.  Luckily, Ben recovered pretty quickly.  On the way home, I slept in the back of the car on a mattress.

This was the only picture we got.