Happy New Year!!!!

They really tried to stay up for midnight.......

2-Liter Mark

Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! IT WAS GOOD TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU LAST NIGHT. WE'LL HAVE TO GET SOME OF GREG'S VIDEO AND HARRISON'S PHOTOS UP HERE SOON. AND WE HERE ON THE WEST COAST WOULD LOVE TO SEE PICTURES OR VIDEO MESSAGES FROM YOU GUYS BACK EAST.
HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS DAY, ENJOY YOUR TAMALES OR TURKEY OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE PLANNED

GOD BLESS US EVERYONE

See the Lights after Tamale Making

After we moved to Bakersfield, Scott and Veronica invited us to go with their church to see the display of lights at the CALM museum in Bakersfield. There are more than 2 million lights. We were so impressed we invited the rest of the Smith family and have gone the past two years. Since a lot of us will be in Shafter on Sunday to make tamales, it might be a good time to head on over to see the light display afterwards.

It goes until 9 pm and takes about an hour to walk around everything (or two hours with all the kids). It is really cold, so be sure to bring warm clothes if you are interested. For more information check out www.calmzoo.org.

Prices are $6 for children 3-12, and $12 for adults.

Kidzui

I just wanted to pass along something I added to my computer. For those of you with kids, you may be interested. Kidzui is a free web browser for kids. It's got free games, a kid friendly set up and filters so that your kids can't get into anything bad.
Alright everybody, hope all is well. See you soon
Mark

Christmas Events

So here's the news for Christmas events this winter. First of all, the tamale making day will be down in Shafter at Aunt Maria's house on the 21st starting at 2:00 (p.m. I guess?). Christmas Eve will be at Uncle Ron's house starting around 6:00/6:30. Like last year we'll be doing the DVD swap game. Only two people brought La Bamba last year, that was shamefully low and made the odds of getting it horrible. So it's just my suggestion that more people bring the greatest movie ever made about a Mexican-American music star that died at a young age.

Random Question of the Month

Here it is!! The totally random question for December. (Cathi could probably write a book on this one)

What's the worst excuse you've ever heard/given for getting out of a ticket?

Totally Not Random Q. . .

It's December, so it seems appropriate that we should have another not so random question asked to everyone.

What is your wish for Christmas this year?

Mother Daughter Luncheon

Meneses Ladies, it's that time of year again! The luncheon is going to be on Sunday December 7th, afternoon. Invitations will be in the mail soon so save the date! We're looking forward to a fun day, and this year we will have another first-timer: Reese Smith.