Christmas with Grandpa

On Sunday, we drove over to Houston/La Marque to watch Grandpa and his church choir perform their Christmas cantada. Then following a yummy lunch at Pappasitos (where Michael's stepbrother, Sammy and his wife, Giovanina joined us) we drove down to La Marque and had brownies and ice cream (the boys got a pass on the "sweets fast" for this special occasion! I mean Blue Bell Peppermint ice cream only comes once a year...and on top of a homemade brownie....yum!) at Lois's house. Lois is Grandpa's dear friend who conveniently lives right next door. Grandpa was having some plumbing issues at his house, so Lois graciously offered for us to come to her home. Thanks, Lois.

Michael enjoying some coffee.

Grandpa's gift....a Mike Huckabee book and some gift cards.

Jonathan got some books. He's already finished one and a half!

Jeffrey got a Lego.

Books for Jeremy...and I just have to take a moment and tell you what great little bargain hunters my boys are becoming. Grandpa gave each of the boys $30 to spend online to get what they wanted. Jonathan and Jeremy knew which books they wanted, so they shopped around and instead of buying new and just getting one or two each, they bought used and each got 4! What's the slogan..."Buy used and save the difference!" Excuse me while I wipe a tear from my eye! Great hunting boys!

Josiah got two Legos. He and Jeffrey have had a lot of fun building the Legos. Can you ever get enough of those??!!

After a quick trip by the cemetary to put a poinsettia on Michael's mom's grave, we headed home. It was a lot of driving (8 hours) for a visit, but it was so worth it. In addition to the nice time in La Marque, Michael and I got almost 8 hours of long conversations in. That made the day even better!