CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST 2011

Well after all the planning, shopping, decorating, cooking, wrapping, singing, eating, laughing and cleaning...it's over. 

Christmas was wonderful this year!

This year we had the whole family over for breakfast.  The table scape this year was done in red poinsettias and white access pieces.

I really love having brunch rather then dinner.  It's great to wake up knowing that in a short while everyone will be over.  We will eat a yummy breakfast of homemade waffles, chili Rancheros egg dish, bacon and fresh fruit.

Having breakfast rather then dinner also means, the table doesn't have to be so fancy. 

This year I was able to use the white plates I got last year from the Dollar Tree.  I love these plates!

I also didn't have to use a salad or dessert plate...so that means less dishes.

For the centerpiece, I just put a poinsettia plant in my milk glass ice bucket.  I use it for plants and flowers more then I do an ice bucket. 

Next to the poinsettia, I have a darling Dept 56 reindeer that I got as a present several years ago.  Sadly, I broke the other one that went with it.

The napkin rings were made of jingle bells. 

Oh course, I always have my molded butter at every holiday meal.  I had Santa and trees for breakfast.
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I took photos of the table before I put the place cards out.  We found these cute ones at the mall and everyone loved them. 

There was a mix of Santa place card holders.

Also, reindeer ones.  Aren't they cute?  I think they would be easy to make too!

After we all ate and were completely stuffed, we went into the living room and opened all the presents.  Santa sure was good to everyone this year!

Santa Paws even came and left the puppies presents.  After all they were very good this year.

Elton loved ripping into his gifts. 

Since Elton is not big on playing with toys very often, Santa Paws brought him several different treats.

Here is Elton hoping he gets to open his present and try a sample...of course he got to enjoy a few.

Zeke loves treats too.  He started to lick his lips as soon as he noticed he got some treats too!

Zeke loves to play fetch.  He would love if you would throw the ball all day for him.  So he really loved getting some new squeaky balls to run after.

After presents were open and those that had other commitments left, those of us that remained, went to the movies.  I was surprised at how crowded it was at the movies. 

We came home and had a turkey dinner and spent hours chatting about life and going down memory lane. 

Right now, everyone has gone home and I'm the only one still up.  Everyone here is sleeping soundly, I'm sure dreaming of the wonderful day they had.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too.  Now it's time to start thinking of those New Years resolutions!

WOW! OH WOW!

This year we had a wonderful Christmas!

All of my family gathered at my place and we had a delicious brunch. There was so much food! We had Belgium waffles with either blueberries and whipped cream or real maple syrup, an egg dish with different cheeses and chilies, regular and turkey bacon, tamales and orange juice.

Then it was time to open gifts. It took forever to do this because for some reason everyone went way over board this year and bought so many gifts.

I got a 36 inch HDTV for my bedroom, a sewing machine, hundreds of dollars in movie, restaurants and store gift certificates, beautiful blue sheets, a sweet music box, lots of clothes, a Canon Rebel camera. Yes, I already have a new Canon Rebel camera but this one uses actual film. Something I love! I also got a case to go with it and a telephoto lens that goes to both this camera and my other Canon, DVD, a pretty Brighton heart key chain and so much more!

After we ate and opened the gifts, we got to visit awhile then it was time for my two nephews to leave so they could go have Christmas with their dad.

My two sisters, brother in law and I went to the movies to see True Grit. It was very good!

We came home, had dinner and then got out the Wii game. We had a blast playing different sports and doing the Just Dance game.

Everyone is now gone and it's back to being quiet here. I'm tired but it's a good tired.

I had the best Christmas I can remember in a long time! I couldn't have asked for a better day.

I hope you all had a wonderful day too!

Now it's time to pack up the decorations and get the house back to normal. I'll do that tomorrow...maybe.