Sam and Sarah spent Christmas in the US and joined me in Stockton with my mom and dad and then with my mom's extended family. We drove up a few days before and just hung out with my parents, saw a movie, and did a bit of shopping. Sam, Sarah and I attended my dad's church for Christmas Eve's services.
It was exciting to have Sam and Sarah join me for my Christmas Day family traditions.
My parents and I got them a few gifts but here they are each wearing one of their gifts from me. Sarah saw this outfit on the Free People website 4 months ago and Sam had been looking for a leather jacket since summer. Yeah I know I'm super short...
My mom and I with my new box of gift cards for 2010.
After Christmas at my parents, Sam, Sarah and I headed down to visit with my cousins and grandfather and then onto my Aunt's house (used to be my grandfather's and where most of my aunts and uncles grew up) in the Skyline Hills of Oakland.
Here I am with my cousin, Sara and my favorite gift. For her birthday she got a camera so at Thanksgiving, I taught her how to do "selfies". For Christmas she made me this cute gift with the pictures that we had taken. So cute, huh?
At Christmas, my Uncle David is in charge of decorating the house and he's so creative (remember the pics from last year with the movie theater and the picture trees). Well my Auntie Jann has a vineyard in the backyard which she has named Leona Ridge Winery so here's the adult table. Not sure if you can see it but that wreath is made up of lots and lots of cookie cutters.
My Uncle David and his partner, Larry, baked thirteen different desserts and we got to fill a plastic bin full of the sweets.
And the kids table where all the grandkids sit. After we eat, there is always a game for us where we win stuff or money as our Christmas gift. Not sure if you can see it in the picture but there are cupcakes. We each had to lick off the frosting and find a letter buried in the frosting. The person with the first letter of the alphabet got to go first, then the next letter and the next and the next. Now to the game...
A mini claw machine...in each fo the containers there was money rolled up ranging from $7 to $50.
My Auntie Jann also always has a game for the adult kids (essentially teen and up so Sam and Sarah got to participate). The game was in those white envelopes above the stockings. So for that game it was Mission Impossible-ish. In each of the envelopes was pictures of "our team" and a SD card that we put into a computer and watched a video that gave us a riddle/clues on where we would find our present ($). All of the presents were hidden in some part of the house in a box or "secret" container. One of my cousin's was in a fake soda can in the frig. Mine was actually behind the stockings on the bookshelf in a fake book that had a compartment in it.
Oh yeah check out all those stockings. Sam and Sarah got stockings too. So fun they are considered part of my extended family.
Fong Family Christmas picture - we're only missing one of my uncles and his family who live in Texas.
Our Christmas usually goes until after midnight but its so fun and good to see everyone and its really all I've ever known.
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Nice blog. Glad to see that you all had a great time on Christmas. May you be blessed with... His love and protection, guidance and grace. Ihampers.co.uk
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