It's so nice to be close to family during the holidays. This Christmas we spent Christmas Eve with Cecilio's family and Christmas day with my aunt Marcy. Cecilio's mom made tamales with champurado (a hot chocolate like drink made out of corn maiz) and bunuelos (a fried pastry) for dessert. They were delicious. As a family tradition we then stayed up until 12 midnight to open gifts. (Although some people cheated and caught a snooze.) We had such a nice time. We ate, played games, ate, watched movies, ate, watched another movie, ........well, you get the idea. Just to give you an idea of how much we ate I think I would be totally ok NEVER seeing another tamale in my whole life.
Christmas Day we spent with my aunt Marcy. We had the special treat of talking to Clay, who is serving his mission in Rosario, Argentina. He sounds wonderful. I still can't believe he is on a mission. He is the youngest of us all and it is so amazing to see him growing up, especially in the gospel. He shared some spiritual experiences with us and then bore his testimony in spanish. It was nice to be reminded of what Christmas is all about. After the waterworks show, we then opened gifts and for the finale, we wished Sheldon a happy birthday! You're getting old Sheldon. You gotta love the candle on his cake.
