Spent the morning putting together some veggie trays and deviled eggs to take up to Holly's folks as we were invited to have dinner with them up in Fontana. Holly's brother Brian and his wife Charlotta, who just had their baby this past summer, had her parents visitng from Sweden so we were delighted to meet them and spend time all together as family! So Brayden's cousins name is Mattis.... he's five months old now and just as sweet as could be!
And here's Charlotta's parents with Mattis..
Don and Darleen are amazing and made it so special for everyone to be there! They prepared a wonderful dinner of both lasagna to please the Italian side of the family... and traditional turkey dinner for the "traditionalist"!!! Of course there was no lack of sweets in the house either... goodness!
Did you notice what the napkin said... look closely....
I think she knew I was coming!!!
We arrived just before Holly and David.. so were tickeled to see Brayden walk in the door all dressed up for the special occasion!
Darleen had us each hunt for an ornament with our name on it on the tree....
plus she even gave us each our own stockings filled with goodies and treats...
and lottery cards!!!
Here's Holly still trying to find her ornament...
I found mind...
And the boys trying to find their's...
Allen, Jerry and Brian
Mattis spending some time with his Great Grandma Angie...
She celebrated her 90th birthday on Christmas Eve!!
It was so fun to watch Brayden when he arrived....
he has a pretty good routine down ~
so he had to show me what he does....
First give both the dogs their treats....
Next, go up stairs to grandma's room where th bird is and feed him some Cheetos...
And don't forget to get one yourself... hee hee hee
Next find the kitty in his cart in the bathroom...
Gotta finish that Cheetos before he goes back downstairs
and mom sees the evidence...
Looking in the mirror... Did I wipe it all off my face????
Peeking through the upstairs banisters...
Now Grandfather has BOTH his grandsons...
couldn't get him to be any happier than this!
And a great shot with Grandma too....
These are just tooo precious!!
Darleen and Angie in the kitchen getting more food ready!
Brayden entertains himself playing ball on the coffee table...
Here he is patiently waiting for dinner..
Here's Brayden with the birthday girl...
Brian and Charlotta got Brayden a "circus tent" to play in...
Here's Darleen inside with him showing him how to get in and out...
I think he looks like a magician ... making a ball disppear!!
Now you see it....
Now you don't!
Next came a rocking horse from Grandma and Grandfather...
he latched on to this one really quickly!
Another very special gift Darleen got us "moms" were sort of matching t-shirts...
the matching part was they all said "Grandma" in some language!!
Someone's getting ready for a nap.. think Mama's gonna convince him...
Here's two darling blankets Darleen made for her grandsons...
a frog blanket for Brayden...
And a duck blanket for Mattis....
Yep.... he took a really good nap...
and now up in his pj's ready to play some more!
Looks like he's saying..
Did Santa come again while I was sleeping????
Merry Christmas everyone...
and to all a good night!
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