Christmas eve was spent at Ryan and Cindy's house with Cindy's parents, Rex and Pam, sister Lisa and husband Rob, and Casey and Anthony, where the highlight of the evening was watching the expressions on Reese and Evan's faces as they opened all the fun toys and gifts. Christmas day saw our kids all go their separate ways to visit with their in-laws while Jim and I played golf at Memorial Park. It looks like this might become an annual tradition.
The day after Christmas, we had "game night" at Casey and Anthony's house. Anthony won again! It doesn't seem to matter what we play, he wins every time, and I'm getting a little tired of it! :)
We caught up with friends we hadn't seen in a while at Toby and Janet's "Totally Rockin" Christmas Open House. It was so much fun to see everyone again! We were back at Ryan and Cindy's for New Years Eve for barbecue and fireworks! I'm amazed that the little girls were able to sleep through the fireworks that seemed to go on all night long! We toasted in the New Year and celebrated our upcoming return to Houston in May of 2015.
The last night in Houston was spent at Latin Bites, a south American restaurant, where we celebrated Casey's thirty-second birthday and Cindy and Ryan's second wedding anniversary.
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| Cindy and Reese and Casey and Evan at Lights in the Heights Party |
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| Steven and Emmy, Ryan and Reese, Anthony and Evan at LITH Party |
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| Proud parents, Steven and Kendra with Emmy, Cindy and Ryan with Reese, Casey and Anthony with Evan |
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| Proud Papa J with Evan and Reese at LITH Party (adorable girls!) |
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| Strolling the Lights in the Heights in style! |
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| Cindy, Ryan, Anthony, Casey, Reese and Evan in line for first Santa photo |
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| Casey, Cici (yours truly) Reese and Cindy |
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| First Santa photo for the girls! |
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| Reese getting in the spirit on Christmas Eve |
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| Evan and Reese wearing their Toques from Canada (not much need for these in Houston, but I couldn't resist) |
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| Evan getting ready to rip into some Christmas presents |
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| Cindy and Reese Christmas Eve |
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| Anthony and Evan. (Do I eat it or open it?) |
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| Game night at Casey and Anthony's house |
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| A pensive Reese. Must be thinking about what to ask Santa for Christmas |
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| Wild and crazy Reese |
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| Me, Reese, Ryan, Cindy, Casey, Evan, Anthony, and Jim at Latin Bites |
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| Reese, Ryan and Cindy |
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| Casey, Anthony and Evan??? |
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| And finally, my favorite pic of Evan |
