Christmas Eve

robin ♦ January 31, 2009 ♦ Leave Your Comment

This was my 40th Christmas Eve at my Oma’s house… the very same house I took my first steps in 39 years before. Then i was the only grandchild of their three children Cynthia, Daddy and Belinda. Now…welll, it’s changed a bit! There are 11 grandchildren, our significant others, and 16 great-grandchildren (two more on the way!)…and yet its still the same size house!

Incidentally, my Oma turned 84 on Jan 26 and is still extraordinarily independant. She suffered a setback this year when she fell and had to deal with surgery and rehab, but she worked very hard and is doing very well now.

After Oma’s we went to George’s sister Suzy’s very festive Christmas Eve buffet dinner. YUM. The girls love to play with George’s great-neices and nephews.

By the way, see my beautiful new earrings?? Frank surprised me right before we went out. I had them made from some old pieces collecting dust in my jewelry box and paid on them for what seemed like a year! He surprised me with them…i thought i would still have to wait a while!