On Christmas eve we had my parents, patrick's mother, Lem & Amy, the Huey clan, and Shirley Huey. The three great-grand parent's spent the night. Patrick's mother went to Kathy's on Christmas day. Mom and Dad stayed until yesterday. So HOORAY, today was a parent free day.

Shirley Huey brought me a Lavender Plant, I hope it lives. Lavender does not like to live here.

Above is a sample of the cookies decorated by Tricia, Jack and Shirley. They had a blast. I did a couple of candy canes ala Jackson Pollack (purple icing and orange splatter) but they did not make the photo!! Most were eaten. Not sure how these cookies survived the crowd.

On Christmas Day we went over and watched Jack and Kate enjoy all their presents. Christmas Day evening we went next door to enjoy a traditional pig roast. Maria made her traditional black beans and rice. There was a lot of food and deserts and wonderful people. Maria is hosting New Year's Eve so that will be nice, no traffic.