We arrived back to California three days before Christmas, but all of our shopping was done so we had time to spend with the family and relax. On Christmas Eve, Ben, Madison, my mom, my sister Danielle and myself went to Christmas in the Park in DownTown San Jose. It was cold and Madison wasn't feeling to well so she slept for half of the time we were there, lol. But, we still took pictures for good memories.
Christmas was a blast! The day started off by going to my G-ma's casa in our pj's. I ended up helping my sister Dani make some sugar cookies and decorate them. Then we changed over and let the kids open the presents! Madison had so many, Ben decided to record it, so I don't have many pictures. We then ate Tamales.. yummo!! Mine will never be as tastey as my G-ma's! The only sad thing is we didn't gte a fmaily picture this year, I don't know what we were all thinking :(, and it was Madison's 1st Christmas, oh well there is always next year :)
Next, we headed to my Aunt's casa for Christmas with my Dad's side of the family. It was fun and again, we ate more!! Madison received many gifts form her G-pa and had a blast ripping them open. Fortunately, we did take quite a few of family pics of all the brothers and sisters and cousins and so forth.
The day after Christmas, we piled into three vehicles and drove up to the snow!! It was a blast! Madison even rode on the snow sled with me down a little hill :) She is such a brave little girl! It was one of the best times with my family I have had in a very long time!
This year we didn't plan on doing anything too spectacular because we wanted to spend it with Madison. For Christmas, she received a beautiful party dress, so we decided it would be her New Year's dress :) She looked so gorgeous, my little supermodel has flare! My brother Vince planned for everyone to have dinner at Red Lobster, so it ended up being many more people than I expected and I enjoyed it very much! We then went to Safeway to get some adult bev's and headed on over to my prima Monica's casa. I swear Madison must have known it was party time because she was laughing and playing with everyone at 11pm!! Way past her bed time. She ended up passing out before midnight, but Ben and I gave her a kiss at midnight and told her "Happy New Year!" The night pretty much ended at about 4am. Ben woke up hungover and I just woke up with my cold 10x worse than it was the day we went to the snow. I am still sick as I type this. I am getting better, better late than never, right?! So, we ended the year with a safe and fun time with family, what more could we ask for?!
