Like I previously said, Miguel and I are blessed to have both of our families live in the same city so we are able to spend time during the holidays with both families. Each Christmas Eve we celebrate with Miguel's family. The Amadors love hosting and are so generous. We eat Cuban food and enjoy each other's company. This year they had a total of 20 people over including all my brother-in-laws and their girlfriends, their girlfriend's families, close family friends, and my parents!
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| My in-laws, Pedro and Teresa, and Brian and Lauretta Kloer |
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| Brothers! Adrian, Juan, Andy, and Miguel |
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| Jessie, me, and Leah... missing Kristyn! |
This year Teresa started a new tradition of each guest signing a Christmas tree ornament to document who was there. Love this!
There were so many people at the Amadors that we had to eat in three separate rooms! The ten parents ate in the dining room, six of us ate in the living room, and four in the kitchen. Each table was beautifully set! Check them out below!
One of my absolute favorite Amador traditions is having Pedro's espresso after dinner. SO good!!!!
We also ate some wonderfully delicious desserts including truffle and a caramel cake that Leah and her mom made. Ohhh looking at this picture makes me want to eat some right now.....!!
After we ate and everyone left we opened gifts. It's a late night so technically we really did celebrate Christmas on Christmas day. We were sleepy but I don't mind staying up late for Christmas ;) The dogs, however, had a harder time staying up.
Well, Emma stayed up to watch all the unwrapping...
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| I love those dimples! |
Juan gave all his brothers matching shirts so that they could take a picture together to fill a frame he gave his mom. Aren't they cute?!?
The theme of the night seemed to be shoes! Adrian got some snow shoes (he lives in Wisconsin), Juan received some new boots, Miguel got some new running shoes, and I got some really comfy slipper socks!
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| Adrian's snow shoes |
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| Juan's new shoes vs his old shoes... yeah I'd say it was time for some new ones! |
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| Miguel's running shoes |
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| My cozy and more importantly, pink, socks! |
I just have to share how my socks came wrapped...
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| Thanks, Andy! I love them! |
And in the spirit of shoes... maybe next Christmas I'll get Andy some dress socks... ;)
We got totally spoiled at the Amadors! One of my favorite things we got was a new wide angle lens! You can see what a difference it makes below! I took two pictures standing in the same place. The first shot is of our living room (don't judge the hodgepodge of furniture) with the normal lens and the second one is with the wide angle lens!
What a wonderful Christmas! Thanks for the great traditions and love, Pedro and Teresa!
