Christmas with the Peebles

We went to Pasadena (a Houston suburb) for Christmas this year. We headed down Monday (Christmas Eve) and stayed with Joe's parents. His dad is recovering from knee replacement surgery and still has to be on a lot of medicine for pain (especially after his physical therapy appointments). He surprised us Christmas Day by walking for the whole family with a cane or walker! It was great - he was able to do it without a limp at all. Hopefully soon he'll be in less pain and be better than before the surgery.

Joe's sister Emily cooked a fabulous meal for us all and we got to watch some HD movies on Rabi's huge television. We highly recommend seeing Stardust - it's a Princess Bride-type movie.

One gift we were excited about giving is a calendar for Joe's mom. We snuck away some pictures earlier this year and I made scrapbook-like pages for every month. Joe finished it off by writing in special memories he has of his mom throughout his life that went along with the pictures. Everything he wrote was very sweet and I know she'll enjoy it all year. (Sorry, my flash makes everyone blink!)