Alas, we did not see the White Christmas that North Texas did. But our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were so warm on the beach that we lost the ugly christmas sweaters and were in single long sleeves.
After baking a pecan and pumpkin pie in the morning, Doug, Sterling and I went to an afternoon matinee at the movies. We saw Invictus and thought the story was all about leadership qualities and perserverance. We joined Seth, Amber, Kyla, Amber's mom and boyfriend, Jim, Amber's aunt and uncle for evening dinner at Fisherman's Wharf on Pier 21 in Galveston. We just can't get enough of the Gulf Red Snapper! We came home and used markers to personalize our large paper stockings that I made. The traditional old stockings were hung on the wall for decor purposes only. Anyway, Sterling played Santa and we stuffed the stockings and turned in for a long winter's nap.
Stocking opened first. After eggs, hash browns and bacon, we took a walk to the water's edge. Then it was time to begin the fun of opening presents. Slowly...one at a time to see what each other was given. We stopped at 11:30 before opening all of Kyla's because we had company coming for Christmas lunch at 1 pm and we had not even cooked the potatoes, stuffing or sweet potatoes yet.
Susie, Brian, Chris, Jim arrived in time for Beach Golf. Doug, Sterling and Seth had 9 holes set up on the beach and the guys went at it immediately while we ladies prepared the meal. At 3 pm and only 8 holes finished, they came in for the delicious meal. Turkey, ham, cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes and giblet gravey, sweet potatoes with marshmellows, creamed asparagus, fresh salad and hot yeast rolls. We loaded up the plates and sat outside on the sunny deck. The hit for dessert was the peanut butter pie that Suzi had cooked. It was barely outdistanced by pecan, pumpkin and apple.
When the dark arrived and some had taken their leave, the core 5 of us played the boardgame Apples to Go. Of course, I was winning big at first and then the group attached my psyche and I didn't do so well....okay, I lost. Tried to blog online, but our AT&T connector was not cooperating.
Woke up late--8 am for us. Doug made blueberry pancakes from scratch. I made the sausage and we filled up. It was colder and darker today without the brilliant sunshine from yesterday. We decided to go into Galveston for a tour of the historic Moody Mansion. It was fabulous and most liked it better than the Bishop's Palace we toured a month ago. Then we dined nearly at the Original Mexican Restaurant which has been here since 1914. Guacamole was essential and then Doug and I shared a Vegetarian Fajita Meal. Go figure. yep...figure is what we were considering. it was the perfect meal after all those chips and picante we gourged on.
At home, Doug served us all with a Bailey's Coffee with real whip cream. I'm now blogging and about to sign off to play a board game called "The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Game." I hope I survive.
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