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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Christmas Season


The Christmas season seams to start ealier and earlier every year. Fortunately for me Vangie runs a pretty tight ship and manages to organize the shopping, the christmas cards and manage the social calendar. The first weekend in December is my father's birthday. My mother arranged to throw him a party in Sonoma. She also arranged for me to fly in and surprise him. I arrived late on Friday night and he was really shocked. We hung out, watched football and ate In N' Out Burgers on Saturday.





People in California are a little different than what I'm used to here in Pennsylvania. They have some interesting customes. They like to let it all hang out I guess.




There are somethings however they are a little uptight about. Don't let e'm catch ya too close their rock fences! Sunday was the party for my Dad, everyone had a good time. I had to get up early on Monday morning and fly back to Pennsyltucky. It was a great trip and I had a good time and I think my Dad really enjoyed his party.



While I was gone Vangie was working on getting a picture of the guys for our Christmas card. After much debate and a painful photo shoot she finally decided to use a picture she took earlier this year of the boys. Getting two boys to smile and look good at one time is becoming nearly an impossible task.


Last weekend Vangie's work had their Christmas Party and Since she works for another couple it was a very small but nice affair. As some of you may know this summer I gained many points from the wife by purchasing her a Vera Bradley purse and matching wallet. As part of Vangie's Christmas bonus she was given a Kate Spade purse which she was absolutely thrilled about. Me not so much. I had been totally out-pursed by her boss! I guess I have to come up with something extra special for her Christmas now. I did buy her something at the store but have been working on a special homemade type surprise. Not sure I can compete with Kate Spade but we will see how it goes. Here is a picture of me and Vangie at the Christmas party. We wanted to put it on the Christmas Card but it turned out too dark and looked bad.


Hope that whereever you are you all have a great holiday season this year. Will be posting again likely after christmas. I hear Santa is bringing the boys a gaming system which I believe is going to be a big hit. Somedays this year I was certain they were going to end up on Santa's naughty list but once again Santa must have let a few things slide.