The Montoya's

Happy Happy Holidays

Here we are right in between Christmas and New Years (and Lindsey's 30th birthday) and I hope everyone had a special Christmas.  We spent ours in Las Cruces with my brother, Mike and his family.  We knew that Emma would have fun opening her presents and playing with her cousins so we packed up and were there for several days.  Some highlights for me included seeing Mike's brother-in-law Abraham who I haven't seen in several years, Mike's fire pit, Margie's cooking, the gift exchange, and a shirt I got from my brother that used to be my dad's.  

Emma had  so much fun the entire time, it was like non-stop playing with Monique and Levi and their cousin, Mia.  On Christmas eve we did the traditional (now it is anyway because I never did growing up) leaving reindeer food out on the front yard for Santa's reindeer and the reading of T'was the Night Before Christmas.  The funniest thing I heard from the kids was Mia saying how "freaky" it was that Santa was going to be "...like right there...while we're sleeping like right there!"  

On Christmas morning we sat around and opened gifts and there was no proof that any recession existed at all.  Emma did get quite a bit of goods but I think she mostly played with her skates and scooter.  I'm looking forward to tonight when we get some batteries in her walkie talkies and her and I can talk back and forth from her room to mine.    

All in all we had a great time so thanks Mike.  Family is what makes any holiday gathering special.  And as I say that I want to tell you that there is still one gift that is yet to be opened.  This gift will be opened when it's ready sometime around July 31 of 2009.  Lindsey and I are expecting an addition to our family and she is currently 10 weeks along.  Things are going great and I look forward to all the Christmas's to come.