Dallas Family Reunion

December 28th thru January 5th we had a family reunion in Plano, Texas where my parents currently live. My Brother and sisters came in from different parts of the states and my sister Feli and her new Husband Marco and baby Dean flew in all they way from Albania. It was our first time to meet Marco and their baby Dean which was real nice!!! My Grandma also flew in from San Francisco. I can't remember how long ago it was since our last one but I think it was about 5 years ago, so it sure was nice to have everyone together again...We flew from San Diego to Dallas with a stop in LA and coincendentally my Brother and his family were on the same flight as us which turned out real well as Trei was happy to play with his cousins..He calmed down when he saw them and just sat and let his cousin Charlie read books to him for awhile..That of course didn't last too long and before long they were running around the airport till boarding time. Thankfully we arrived safely with My Mom and sister to greet us and they took us home to a yummy spaghetti dinner (secret family recipe)...ha ha! The next few days we all just relaxed, hung out, chatted, worked out and the boys played basket ball a few days to work off the nightly dinners from eating out every nite. On New Years Eve we had a Big New Years dinner at home with Turkeys, Stuffing, Potatoes, Salad and lots of desserts then we opened presents from my parents, Grandma and Aunt who lives in Montana (thank you Auntie Chris!!!), it was lots of fun, the kids were soooo excited and we were too ha ha!!! My Aunt knit each one of us girls a scarf in our favorite color and sent the Guys a "Montana" T-shirt which we of course had to take a picture of...The kids got a bunch of toys and my Mom gave Trei a Manger scene which is "Kid proof" if you can believe that...He was sooo excited that he was able to actually play with the pieces as the one we have at home is off limits to him. We also got a gift from my Grandma that she said my Grandfather had wanted to give us girls for awhile now but hadn't gotten around to it before he passed on. It was a very beautiful gold necklace with a heart on it, it was very touching to get a gift from him and it really meant a lot to me.
All in all it was a good reunion, we all had a lot of fun, Trei loved playing with his cousins, he would just sit and watch Casey and Derek play with their race car toys that they got at Christmas and then would play along with them. He also reunited with his best Bud Emmer!!!
We took a lot of pictures from the trip which I will post here and hope you all enjoy!!!
Oh yes I almost forgot, we celebrated Trei's 2nd birthday in Dallas too, it was a short and simple party I made a Carrot cake and decorated it with "Bob the Builder" and got Party Blowers, balloons and all and he just loved it...Last year he was a bit overwhelmed by it all so I was wondering how he would react, but he loved it, he got lots of Cars, Trains, Balls, and an remote control car too which we have to help him out with..My personal opinion is that its more of a present for Duane then Trei at this point ha ha...I saw Duanes eyes lite up when Feli and Marco gave us the gift.... ha ha...but I don't know that he will admit that...
Thanks everyone for your Christmas Cards, Gifts and Birthday Presents for Trei we do appreciate it and hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years...