Christmas at Rachel's

We drove over to my sister Rachel's house and enjoyed a nice evening. If my sister is breathing then she is doing some sort of remodeling to her house. She always has some project going...spring, winter, summer and fall!! So since part of her house was being reconstructed we had dinner in one of the empty rooms. But it turned out very beautiful and a awesome menu, which included....Sirloin Roast, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Rolls, Potato Mix (which was sweet potatoes and white potatoes, with half and half, garlic and cheese I think, baked in the oven...delish!!)then two salads, and a whole dessert table too good to even think about!!








Sammy Avendano


Caleb Avendano


Jacob Avendano


Beth and Jacob squished the life out of Charlie!!




My niece Beth Rhoades


My niece Katie Lethin

Christmas at Grandma's

This year Christmas went so fast but before you knew we were at grandma's having breakfast. On the menu was Spiral Ham, Eggs, Cheesy Hash-browns, Cardamon Coffee Yeast Braid (Bread), Cinnamon twists and a Fruit Dish. As you can tell by my Pics on this blog we get together often and ....eat!! We also had some friends over and enjoyed stuffing our faces!!


Grandma's pretty breakfast table ~


Was this the middle of the prayer?? Hopefully at the end :)Ummm was I taking the pictures?? oops!!


More of grandma's beautiful table ~


Grandma and Doug Lethin looking at pictures from his family's cruise


Cousin Katie and Jacob Avendano in a big debate at breakfast about files on her iPhone.


Webster Beard


Sam Avendano Sr. and Lizzy our poodle taking a morning nap :)

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning starts at 6:45 am, they open Christmas stockings and then we all try and assemble our sleepy selves into the living room. What a fun time even Lizzy the poodle was excited to open her presents..LOL at least we would like to think so.

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve we open one present, that is... pj's. Then we have a new recipe of homemade hot chocolate. Love my family!!

Youth Ice Skating & Broomball

The youth went to Lloyd Center to ice skate and play broom ball. The broom ball looks kind of scary but they all seem to have a blast. :)


Luke Wooten, Matt Ruck and Jacob Avendano


Caleb Avendano


Vanessa Burton






Caleb Avendano and Jacob Avendano

T. G. Dinner

Since the year is almost over I guess maybe I should play catch up and post Thanksgiving Dinner Pics. LOL.. We had dinner at grandma's house and as always we had way to much food. So thankful for our many blessings!!

Thanksgiving Breakfast

Long ago we decided to make Thanksgiving an all day thing. So we start with breakfast and then dinner in the late afternoon. This year breakfast was at Rachel's house. I really liked the table decor, so pretty!!