Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Christmas in California


Here are some of the pictures from Christmas at the Finlay house. It was a full house this year which we loved. Brooke was with us just prior to Christmas, Brad's parents came from Ohio, Katinka came from Holland to stay with us for a month, the Crumps came down from Roseville and Ilenia from Italy (who stayed with us 8 years ago),and her new husband, Igor, spent part of their honeymoon with us - it's sure to be a very long marriage now.

The first picture is Christmas Eve and as is the usual tradition, the kids all slept out in the living room waiting for Santa, after we read the Christmas story. The second picture is of some of the kids at Christmas dinner. In the third picture, Ilenia had just cut the Pandoro and was getting ready to serve it. . .she said that Christmas dinner in Italy wasn't complete without it. The next picture is of all of us at Santa Anita, watching the horses work out in the morning. Finally, Erin and Evan worked on the Palmdale float for the Rose Parade. They must have done a good job as the float won an award.



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