Tuesday, January 05, 2010

The Dallas Clan

On Christmas day about 12:30, after we got to talk to Ryan, we drove to Dallas.  The whole clan was there - minus Laurie, Michael and Steven (who will be off his mission next Christmas!)  Here is the whole crew after dinner.



Some members of my family who will remain nameless, Julie, are ashamed of the Waffle/piñata tradition.  For them, and Michelle who still wants to get a whack at the piñata, we had another one on the 26th.  Here are Julie's kids Shelby, Jenna, Josh and then Sophie who broke it open.













It snowed the day before we got there - real snow that was still on the ground when we arrived.  It also snowed on Tuesday, and I got a picture of 3 of my 4 girls.




Now, this part is really for my brother Steven who is on his mission.  His president lets him check my blog, so here you are - we went to Babe's without you.  Here are some pics!  For everyone else, Babe's is home of the best artery clogging fried chicken.  They only have chicken and chicken fried steak.  All good - not good for the body, but good to taste!










I told them it was Michelle and Brady's anniversary, so there is their heart biscuit.

One last pic of the fam.  Megan drew my brother Patrick in the family name draw.  This is what she got him.




Patrick has taken up cage fighting.  So Meg got him a boxers robe/thing.  She played the theme to Rocky when he opened it.  She pinned on a card that said the Grand Patri - which was his nickname growing up.  It was funny, and very appropriate.

It is always fun to get together with everyone.  We missed those who were not there, but had fun.  It was crazy and loud, but great Linford Family Time.

1 comment:

Laurie said...

Ohhh I am so jealous...you had fun without me. You guys always have fun and I am not there...

Michelle's hair looks cute. When did she cut it?

Two pinatas in one year? My kids would be in 7th heaven!