Last night Jim and Jeanene had all the kids over for a Folts Christmas dinner and to open presents - Sydney came down with Daniel, and of course Sean and Monika, Steven and Tanja were all there as well. It was fun to have the whole family there, and dinner was delicious!

Christmas 2007

The whole family (all 6 of us) spent Christmas eve together in Oregon at the Eastburn/Folts homestead, where we feasted on Mom's corn casserole (an ever-growing popular dish around this time of the year) and I tried a new recipe for nut loaf that turned out to look like a loaf of something, just nothing edible. Here's some pics of the family in action. It was a glutonous night and santa brought some fun presents, especially treasured were a book on Haku Maki (one of my favorite Japanese artists - see my blog below on LACMA) and a pretty diamond Seiko watch (what can I say, I like shinny, pretty things and this one has a purpose too!) Steven gave me a ticket for a free flight, and since he didn't specify how far we could go, I think I'll ask him to take us to Hawaii...