Let me take you on a trip
Around the world and back
And you won't have to move
You just sit still
Let me show you the world in my eyes
Depeche Mode
It's been awhile since the little Taylor family plus Brian and David had been together (last Christmas) and now we have Luke. We arrived in Texas on Christmas Eve. Noah was coming in later. We went to Jen and Brian's place then we met up at Court and David's place. Court and I went to the airport to pick up Noah. Together at last. We had a fantastic pasta meal for Christmas Eve.
Christmas Day was celebrated at Jen and Brian's house. We opened gifts and just enjoyed each others company. Luke took a break between opening his presents. Jen and Brian fixed a gourmet meal for dinner. Brisket, mash potatoes, honey balsalmic carrots, salad and orange jello salad. We couldn't even eat dessert.
Before flying to Texas I was exposed to several coworkers that had various stages of pnemonia and colds. Of course I got sick right before we left and I gave it to everyone else in Texas. I tried to be careful and washed hands often.
Luke was going to have a blessing ceremony so we went shopping, looking for a blessing gown. David got sick so only Court and Noah came up the next night.
The next day Bridget and I also went blessing gown shopping and we brought Five Guys burgers back for lunch. That night was the bowl game for Louisville so we all went to Court and David's house to watch. Luke was dressed in his Louisville clothes that Uncle Noah bought for him..
The next day was the Blessing Ceremony. Brian's parents came up from Waco. It was a very nice ceremony with proper reverence.
Noah had to go back to Louisville. Before he left we took him to In-N-Out now that they are in Texas. It had been a year since he had eaten there. Bridget and I drove him to Love Field and then got lunch at Uncle Julio's. It was very good. That night was the Baylor University bowl game. Luke was sporting his Baylor clothes in support of his Dad's college.
http://www.unclejulios.com/
Brian started back to work on 12/30/11 from his family leave. Only problem was they did not set up his computer so he got to come home early and return after the new year. Later that night we went to Court and David's house and met David's dad, Ed. Soon we are to be family. We had Italian food for dinner. It was very good.
On New Years Eve morning, Bridget, Jen, Brian, Luke and I were going to go to Cracker Barrel for breakfast. Luke didn't cooperate so we improvised. Brian and I drove there and did take out. Bridget and I love Cracker Barrel and Brian had never eaten there. We took Jen there last August. There are no Cracker Barrel's in California. That night we went to Court and David's home. They ordered Mexican food from a restaurant they took us to on our first visit to Dallas.
http://www.mattitos.com/
On New Years Day we said our sad goodbyes and headed back to San Diego. It was a great trip and we are so fortunate that we were all together.
See Jen's blog for a different viewpoint.
http://jenandbrianingram.blogspot.com/2012/03/december-part-2.html
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