Christmas Recital

At church Sunday we had a Christmas recital. Videos are at the end of the post (go to the blog if you are on Facebook)

I'm not sure the name of the song they sang, but it was really good!

Andrea and Micaiah - Oh Come All Ye Faithful

Brandon read the Christmas Story from Luke for Bro. O'Kain since he was sick.

Isaac - We Three Kings

Cedillos - Angels from the Realms of Glory

A group of us quoted Isaiah 53 for memory. Thankfully we had Bro. Bussey to lead us since he knew it better than anyone.

Grants - Mary Did You Know?

Aran - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Parody

Bella and Brandon - Away in a Manger

Micaiah - What Child Is This?

Videos! The nice thing about being the videographer is that your personal performance doesn't get filmed. Yay! Just for the record it was the greatest ever performance of Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring. Prove me wrong! :p

Nifty, Nifty, Andy's Fifity!

Mom threw him a 1959-themed party at church.

Dave and Joe

Buck and Sheena

Bella enjoying a refreshing Coke

50's gals

Mylon and Dad who were born 5 days apart and have known each other since elementary school.

Sandi playing

1950's Housewives (not desperate ones!) :)

Some cool cats.

Slinkys!

Gift time - A GPS from Mac

Gift cards and a little gag from Mylon

Prunes from his daughter. ;)

A heated chicken waterer and mandolin lessons from some of us at church.

An M&M dispenser from Bud and Irene (look at his face LOL)

Plus lots more presents! Mom did a great job with the theme and everyone had fun. Happy birthday, Dad!

Hot Topic and Health Food

We enjoyed one of those days in which you pretty much do nothing and enjoy the heck out of it. At Ever'man's we found entertainment in an unlikely form. Ear candles! More on that later. Here's Jess letting her inner witch out for a second.

We drove by the approximate spot downtown where Dave proposed nearly 8 years ago and stopped for a photo op.

Will you? Sure.

Look! There's even a homeless guy. We couldn't have recreated it better.

Shopping for health supplements made us go "Hey, let's go to Hot Topic and have Jared try on skater pants!" Not really, but that's where we wound up. Dave couldn't be persuaded to participate.

At 1:00 am the real fun begins! One person + one ear candle = a burn mark on the carpet, a burn mark on the pillow, and two people with hair on fire. And there wasn't even any alcohol involved! Just say no to ear candling people. I know everybody else is doing it, but if they jumped of a cliff...?

Black Friday

We enjoyed spending the day with Dave's parents. Mom Gervens and I went to Joann's later in the day after the crowds were gone and came away with a few good deals.

Mom prepared a sumptuous day-after-Thanksgiving meal for us. She was probably appalled at our Waffle House decision. :) Great job, Mom! Everything was so tasty (even the stuffing! LOL)These are the same plates that Dad ate off of for special occasions as a child.

Mom makes an incredible fruit juice/ginger ale concoction. There was a little left in the pitcher that I didn't have the heart to throw out.

Thanksgiving dinner, football, shopping, A Christmas Story, and CREAM PUFFS! All in all a great day!

Thanksgiving Day 2009

We traveled down to Pensacola Beach on Wednesday and woke up to a crystal clear Thanksgiving morning.

View from the condo balcony where my parents and the Cedillos were staying.

Wipeout!

Dave rocking this look!

Bella looking for seashells

I've never seen pelicans on the gulf side. Of course I'd never been to the beach this early in the morning. Yawn.

Looking up at the 14th floor

Recovering from our chilly ocean swim in the hot tub. With an updo and earrings I just need a leathery tan and cigarette to complete the look.

Aran with his towel. They didn't even have the decency to get him a Diego one. Oh the humanity!

The Cedillos give most of their gifts at Thanksgiving rather than Christmas

It's Amelia Bedelia! A childhood favorite. But what's this?

En Espanol! (insert tilde over the "n" until I get an international keyboard!)I promptly proceeded to annoy the crap out of Dave by reading aloud. No espanol is allowed when he's around. House rules. :)

And a gorgeous sweater since I stay cold all the time. Thanks guys!

Dave loves his flannel! The pictures didn't turn out well though. He was moving around too much or something.

I had a scrapbook printed for the Cedillos chronicling their 2009 adventures.

Around lunchtime we headed over to see Jared and Jess. Nothing like a traditional Thanksgiving meal of Waffle House.

Here we are with our waitress. She was a lot of fun.

While the guys attempted to play golf (didn't work out) Jess and I headed to the Rave to see the much anticipated Twilight sequel. In June, we need to line up with the preteens to see Eclipse on opening night. They will be so jealous of our homemade Twilight shirts! LOL

Jared thinking. This is the thinking stance. Respect it.

Below are some videos (go to the blog if you are on Facebook). The first is of Aran wiping out and the second is of the dolphins we watched at the beach. You can barely see them but it was really cool.