My Mom flew out to visit Nick and I for a couple of weeks over Christmas. It was so nice to have her here! It'd been a few years since I'd gotten to be with my family on Christmas.
The night she flew in we wound up going to see the Dancing With the Stars tour. Nick's mom had gotten three free tickets that day and invited Mom and I to go with her...
On Sunday night (the 21st), Nick, Mom and I headed over to Coronado for some pizza, the Parade of Lights (people decorate their boats up in lights and parade them around the bay), and a visit to the Hotel Del Coronado to check out their Christmas tree. On Christmas Day we (Nick, Mom, Hercules & I) got up and each opened the goodies that Santa left us in our stockings! We then, somewhat quickly, opened our presents from each other since Nick had to leave for work around 9:15am. Of course, he didn't quite leave on time because who can really open up their gifts and not play with them a little?!? =) Plus, by then we were watching Scott and family open their gifts from us and it's pretty hard to tear yourself away from the webcam when you can see them having so much fun!... Mom and I enjoyed a relaxing day at home and then, when Nick got home from work, we all headed over to Kay-Marie and Gerardo's house for the big family Christmas dinner and gift exchange. After, we made our way back to our house for some birthday cake, ice cream and presents!
Side note: In the pictures you'll notice our pretty new red walls!! After the St Nicholas Day party we un-decorated, moved everything out (except the tree!) and painted the living room and dining room so it'd be ready for Mom's visit.
OK... I've been trying for almost half an hour to insert the slide show into this posting, but it's not working. Apparently I can only do it in a new post or it has to be inserted before I type or add anything else. What a pain!! So... I'll post those separately. I give up! I'll also include some before, during and after photos of our living room and dining room!
