Well… we were not dreaming of a White Christmas in Dallas, but we certainly got one. William and I had the pleasure of hosting the Cody parents and William’s grandmother for Christmas. It was very enjoyable having them here and we thoroughly enjoyed each others company. Although their flight was several hours delayed (and diverted to San Antonio) due to a very unusual snow/ice storm in Dallas on Christmas Eve, they finally made it to the house a bit a bit after 1am.
After sleeping in a bit on Christmas day, we finally awoke, enjoyed breakfast, and opened gifts. I have to mention that William wanted to make sure everyone had a stocking on Christmas day, so he bought stocking stuffers for everyone… including himself. Apparently he did not realize that I was buying stocking stuffers for him (or perhaps thought I don’t know my husband that well after 5 years of dating and 2 years of marriage) because the stocking gifts he bought for himself were the EXACT stocking gifts I bought for him. So he ended up with two of the same Blu-Ray movies and more Twizzlers (his favorite candy) than he can eat.
My sister, brother-in-law, and our nephew Drew joined us for dinner and the whole gang feasted on turkey, ham, sweet potato casserole, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, chicken spaghetti, broccoli, rolls and cornbread. Yes… it was quite a spread. My sister helped by making the mashed potatoes, chicken spaghetti and broccoli, but I did not mind cooking. I have come to learn that I really enjoy cooking, and William has learned that his wife actually can cook!
For the rest of the day, we mainly sat around chatting, watching portions of the 24 hour “A Christmas Story” marathon on TBS, watching football, and napping a bit too. It was a very nice Christmas.
The next day, we took the time to expose the Cody parents and William’s grandmother to Pinkberry, which I raved about in a previous post about my visit to L.A. Because I had raved about it so much, the Cody’s decided they wanted to try it. I didn’t know until Christmas day that William had already had his first Pinkberry experience. He bought me Pinkberry gift card for my stocking, so he didn’t want to reveal why he had been without me. He was very impressed though and was happy to go back. On this visit, I sampled the Pomegranate, Chocolate and Passion Fruit flavors, but I still think the original flavor is best.
Despite the bad weather on Christmas Eve, we still enjoyed a great Christmas and look forward to going to Jacksonville later this week for the 5th annual Cody Christmas Eve party.
As usual, William has posted pictures on his Flickr page.
We hope you and your family enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and pray God will give you abundant blessings in 2010!
