Christmas Eve @ Jim and Elvia's

Once again you are invited to Jim and Elvia's house for Christmas Eve celebration. You are welcomed to start coming at 5:00 p.m. I thought this year we could have a more traditional Christmas Eve Dinner. I will be baking a turkey, and I thought Connie could bring a small roast and Maria a ham. With the rest of the family bringing side dishes and Christmas treats. Scott's family will bring a green salad and dressing, David's family will bring mashed potatoes. Evening ending about 9:00 p.m. Christmas falls on Sunday and for some of us we will be attending Christmas Services at church.
I will have coffee, tea, lemon aide, water if you would like a soda please feel free to bring your own and take it with you at the end of the evening. This year there will be no alcoholic beverages. If you have any question please call me. I do not check my e-mail or the blog but once in awhile. You can text me. Love Elvia

Fudge King vs. Soup King for Allison!

Fudge king vs. soup king
Fudge king, soup king
Enter on to the Christmas scene
To see who will be the holiday champ
Soup king punches the crazy fudge king
Fudge king gives him a chocolate slap

Soup king swings his carrot sword
And punches him in the fudge
Fudge king kicks soup king in the potatoes
But soup king doesn’t budge

The fight is fierce and were all afraid
That this will be a fight to the death
But mixing chocolate with different soups will give us all bad breath
So fudge king drop kicks soup king right in his croutons
Soup king splatters on the floor but isn’t down to long
Soup king pulls out a side of bread and beats fudge king all about
But suddenly from out of nowhere we all hear a mighty shout!
“What’s going on here this Christmas eve?” “There’s only one holiday king, "and that holiday king is me!”
Shocked and scared fudge and soup both back away
Cause the Pepsi king has made his way
To claim his rightful crown!
He’ll take on any Christmas challenge! So MARK, go get your crown
Mark, go take it down!

By the way this was Fudge King awesome!

Mother - Daughter Luncheon '11

 

Looks like they had a great time once again in Woodville. Even the little dude who crashed the party. Doug tried to figure out for years how to do it, apparently all you need is a handsome smile and a sweet Christmas sweater.

Goodbye Tagboard

This is a small minor announcement about the blog. I have chosen to remove the tagboard from the sidebar. While it served a purpose for a while, it has now become mostly just a place for SPAM comments. Further, shoutmix has decided to end the free service and go to a subscription only model. I can't blame them for trying to make money, I just don't feel the need to pay for a service that we don't really use.
Well, I hope to see everyone for Christmas, hope your preparations are going well. Drive safe!

Not-So-Random Question

Hey everybody, after watching Jim Carrey's "A Christmas Carol" I decided that we should ask,

What is your favorite Christmas Movie?

Tamale Day

Family Traditions

We'll be making tamales on Saturday December 17th.

Joins us at 328 Oleander

Shafter

Uncle Harrison will provide the Pizza.

Hope to see you all here.

Address'

Send me you're email address if you would like an updated copy of the Meneses Family address.

I thought this deserved a re-post!

A Very Grouchy Christmas Poem
by Nate


SALAD, SALAD AND SOME BREAD
TO MUCH SOUP WILL MAKE YOU DEAD
I WANT CANDY, I WANT CAKE
CHRISTMAS TREATS FOR GOODNESS SAKES

WHERE'S THE TURKEY
WHERE'S THE HAM
I'D EVEN SETTLE FOR SOME CHRISTMAS SPAM

A BUNCH OF SANDWICHES
ON LITTLE TRAYS
AREN'T SO MERRY I MUST SAY

I WANT COOKIES
I WANT FUDGE
FOR CHEESEBALLS AND CRACKERS I WON'T BUDGE

WHAT ABOUT TAMALES
WHAT ABOUT PIE
THIS CHRISTMAS MENU WILL MAKE ME CRY

EMPANADAS ARE WHAT I CRAVE
AUSTIN POWERS SAYS
OHHHHHHH BEEEHAAAVE

MY LITTLE TUMMY WILL GROWL ALL NIGHT LONG
DARYL SANG THE COFFEE SONG
DARYL SANG THE COFFEE SONG

I'M JUST KIDDING ABOUT WHAT WE EAT
SEEING THE FAMILY IS WHAT'S REALLY NEAT
CHRISTMAS TREES AND CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
WARM THE HOME THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT

KIDS ARE PLAYING
HAVING LOTS OF FUN
LIKE WE ALL DID WHEN WE WERE YOUNG

THE HOUSE IS FILLED WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS
IT'S ALWAYS SAD WHEN THE EVENING ENDS
GAMES AND LAUGHTER AND FAMILY FUN
MAKE OUR CHRISTMAS SECOND TO NONE


I REALLY DON'T CARE WHATS ON MY PLATE
FOR CHRISTMAS DAY I JUST CAN'T WAIT
I KNOW THIS POEM WAS WAY TO LONG
I HOPE DARYL SINGS THE COFFEE SONG
I HOPE DARYL SINGS THE COFFEE SONG

Woodville Fog League

Here are a few more pictures from the adventures at Woodville Park. I stole these from Alli and Ron.

 

No Thanks

That last post was heartwarming but since Sawyer broke Mrs. Crane I thought I would post part two and note she is just taking a nap to hit the stores early tomorrow morning.

Not-So-Random Question

So everyone, what are you thankful for this year?

Happy Halloween

The Random Question of the Month

What would you do if you were driving and a row of ducks came out to cross the road?




Perhaps??

Getting Ready

This is one of the white pumpkins I've got growing. 

This year's carving contest will be in Terra Bella on the 29th.

I caught half of these fish! I promise!

I'm thinking about creating a cooking like fishing show where my signature statement will be, "Nate can fish...AND SOOOO CAN YOU!!!" Oh, Introduction...... Family, Heather! Heather, Fishies!