We spent the weekend with Richard's family-a holiday tradition for his family. We always have a gathering after Christmas and each family takes turns hosting it. We were supposed to do it this year but with Sophia's baptism and other events we asked if we could do it next year instead. We ended up doing it at Butch and Margelyn's in Albany which was perfect since Butch is recovering from oral surgery and needs to eat every 3 hours....full liquid diet, through a syringe since his jaws are wired shut. It was a low-key event with lots of fun and good food. Here are some pics of the weekend.
The girls came up with a "show" for the evening. Femi sang "Angels We Have Heard on High" while Laurie played it on the keyboard. The other girls hummed the tune in the background. They also decided they should dress in white (to be angels):). Then they did a dance to some song I had never heard....very cute though!
Here are all the cousins with their gifts. We draw names so each cousin buys a gift for another instead of buying for everyone. Then the adults each buy a $15 gift for the "Dirty Santa" game which is always fun. This year we came home with a fondue pot and a TV/Lantern/Radio combo.
Sometime during the night we take pictures of each family in front of the Christmas tree.
Junji (real name James-a cousin), Shiela, JaShiel, and Joseph
Dexter (a cousin), Rosell, Darrick and their twin boys Daniel and David. The older people are Rosell's parents here visiting from the Philippines.
The host family-Butch(a brother-real name Rommel), Margelyn and their girls Laurie and Lea. The Lola on the right is Margelyn's mom. The lola on the left is Richard's mom.
Bobet (a brother-real name Ronald), My-My, Femi (holding Bugoy the dog), Rovic and Kayla
Us:) We always get a picture of the family and then one with the mom (Lola).
(All of Richard's siblings have names that start with "R" and their nicknames all start with "B". Richard's nickname was "Boy" and it didn't stick-so he became "Ricky". The funny thing is his youngest brother is named Richzer....his nickname was "Bobot" but it didn't stick either because we call him "Richzer". Richard's lone sister is named "Rowena" but we call her "Babe". Her husband is in the Air Force and they are currently living in Italy.)
And lots of pizza!
2 comments:
That was one fine Christmas. Was English spoken at'll (at all)? Richard has a fine family.
Thank God I got you at last Dr.Ricky.I'm Fr.Edpoe your seminary classmate At Pope John iixxx minor seminary Mabolo Cebu City. I'm here now in Niagra Falls Ontario Canada as priest in a parish. Please do contact with this email add edpoe_sao@hahoo.com
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