We decided that Grandma should come home with us and spend the night with us - Aunt Kristi has been doing it for years and it works out good because then they are there for the early morning wake up call when the girls discover that Santa has indeed arrived and left gifts for them. Since Jay was spending the night in Ephrata, she gladly accepted! It was fun for the girls, too! They set out their thank you notes for Santa, as well as a plate of cookies for Santa. Since we didn't have any carrots for the reindeer, Audriana left out some lettuce, then left a note for Santa explaining the situation. She's a stong believer....god, I love her. Aunt Kristi always sleeps in with the girls and Mom slept on the couch with her heating pad, a bunch of blankets, and pillows. She said she was really comfortable.....I hope so.
Christmas morning in front of the tree............a couple of really good girls who were definitely at the top of Santa's nice list! Yeah!
Santa's gifts.........
Martin and his incredible Nacimiento! The Reason For The Season! Thank you babe for your memories and your Nicaraguan traditions that we have incorporated into our family!
I love this picture....such a happy moment.
Nice new wool stockings! Filled to the brim, too!
Yesssss! Santa really listened to Sofia! She wanted a Hello Kitty clock!
Christmas is a time for relaxing, chatting, computing etc. Mom helped Kristi pick out and buy her new Kindle!
THE BIG NEWS IS THAT SANTA BROUGHT OUR FAMILY THE WII! Audriana has been asking for the Wii for 3 years...so she was quite certain that he would come through with it this year. He even gave us the black one that she wrote about in her letter! We got Wii Fit, some StarWars Wii light sabers, some Wii games, and an extra controller so 2 people can play together!
After dad got it all set up, Audriana got to work on creating all of us (Mii's). She created herself, Sofia, Dad, Mom, Aunt Kristi, Uncle Mike, Grandma, Grandpa, Ryan, Noah and Micah. Thanks Audriana!
LET THE WII PLAYING BEGIN!
Christmas morning in front of the tree............a couple of really good girls who were definitely at the top of Santa's nice list! Yeah!
Santa's gifts.........
Martin and his incredible Nacimiento! The Reason For The Season! Thank you babe for your memories and your Nicaraguan traditions that we have incorporated into our family!
I love this picture....such a happy moment.
Nice new wool stockings! Filled to the brim, too!
Yesssss! Santa really listened to Sofia! She wanted a Hello Kitty clock!
Christmas is a time for relaxing, chatting, computing etc. Mom helped Kristi pick out and buy her new Kindle!
THE BIG NEWS IS THAT SANTA BROUGHT OUR FAMILY THE WII! Audriana has been asking for the Wii for 3 years...so she was quite certain that he would come through with it this year. He even gave us the black one that she wrote about in her letter! We got Wii Fit, some StarWars Wii light sabers, some Wii games, and an extra controller so 2 people can play together!
After dad got it all set up, Audriana got to work on creating all of us (Mii's). She created herself, Sofia, Dad, Mom, Aunt Kristi, Uncle Mike, Grandma, Grandpa, Ryan, Noah and Micah. Thanks Audriana!
LET THE WII PLAYING BEGIN!It wouldn't be Christmas without Martin making his special Nicaraguan chicken dinner (steamed in plantane leaves). He spends a day just cutting up the vegetables for the stuffing, then a couple of hours preparing the chicken, stuffing it, wrapping it in plantane leaves, and steaming it for 3 hours. He serves it hot with plain white rice, baquette bread and a green salad. yum.
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