Christmas in Texas

Before heading out to Texas, the girls had their annual Christmas festival at school. They were both very cute and did a great job; however, you will have to use your imagination on how cute they were since my computer seems to have eaten those pictures up.
We spent a couple of weeks in South Texas for Christmas. It was great fun! The girls were not excited at all about the long drive, but grandparents, cousins, and some favorite foods more than made up for the drive. We spent the first few days at South Padre Island with the Griffin side of my family. It was so much fun to be there and just enjoy each other's company. Many of my cousins and aunts and uncles we had not seen for at least 3 years. Victoria especially enjoyed being with older teenage cousins. It is just a picture of how quickly she is growing up. Sofia enjoyed her Christmas presents and playing with her younger cousins. They weren't too sure about being at the beach with "cold" weather and cold water. The condos had a heated pool and jacuzzi, so we spent most of our swimming time there. For a full picture record, just click here

The Vincent cousins (except for Benjy's kids) all looking sane


Too enthralled with the Christmas presents to get dressed



The whole crowd at South Padre Island



For the later part of our time in Texas, we spent with Sam's family ringing in the New Year. Several of his brothers and sisters were out visiting other family, so it was a smaller group than usual, but we had a great time of fellowship with those that were there. The girls loved being at Tita's house and playing with her dogs. They also found a stray cat that almost became our pet, but we persevered and the cat is still at Tita's house (we might be adopting it on a future trip!).

Everyone around the dinner table (a common site!!)



Olivia pretending to be a cat



Our almost pet...