Twas the Night Before Christmas

Well, it's been another year and time for all of us to get together on Christmas Eve. Each year we get together for Christmas Eve for dinner and gift exchange, which is usually a white elephant style gift exchange. This year was no exception. It was nice to getting together with my family and spend some time with them. We are very close and tend to get together throughout the year with BBQ's and birthday partys.

This first shot is a picture of my brother. I need to give a little bit of a background. If you have read my "About Me" on this blog then you know that I'm a Detective with a local Police Department. Well my brother is an ex-con. Have a lot of problems with how my brother has lived his life but will say that he appears to be on the right track now. He is pictured here with his new wife and child. I hope things work out for him.

Don't ask, just my sisters being themselves.

If you are asking yourself, "Is he wearing a thong on his head", then you are right. Each and every year when we get together for Christmas Eve we have a white elephant gift exchange. The gift usually tends to be unsual gifts, such as this thong, which he decided to wearMy two kids, who are growing up so dang fast, with their cousin (left side).

My sisters and I. Not quite sure why my eyes are partially closed, maybe I had gas or something (LOL).

Here's a shot of all of the kids with their grandma. I look at his picture and am just amazed how they are growing up so fast. The young man wearing glasses standing in the middle is my oldest nephew and currently in his first year of college. Where does the time go.