Christmas with the Bensons

Who knew carrots could taste so good?

Christmas dinner with Nana and GaGa is always a treat. The menu was roasted carrots, creamed spinach, mashed potatoes, and pork tenderloin with a Gorgonzola cream sauce. Absolutely mouth watering, oh my goodness, delicious! And for dessert a Hummingbird cake. This was a new recipe for Lynn. It tasted very much like banana bread with a orange cream frosting. I am not looking forward to the scales at my Jan. 5 appointment:) This was Dave's china when he was a little boy. So sweet to see Caroline eat off the very same plate.Thanks Nana! I have not stopped playing with my pram baby doll stroller.
I snapped this just in time to catch that precious hand on the hip! Caroline "helped" GaGa open his owl ornament. He and Caroline love to talk about birds, and animals and listen for the friendly neighborhood owl that says who who!

Thanks Nana for my silver ornament. An angel is pretty fitting for me this year.

Thanks for my tri-cycle

Yep GaGA it's an open IPAD all for you!!! Now the question is will you use it?This was her face the whole night!!!!!!!!!!

Nana's beautiful tree! And so thankful we were all healthy and happy and able to be together. Ever since I started dating Dave, I have enjoyed Christmas with them so much. They make it special...the food, the presents. I can tell Lynn puts a lot of love in it. And as a daughter-in-law, I appreciate it very much!

She LOVES this thing!!! A FUR REAL PET given by Aunt Jackie!!! It's the only dog she has bless her little heart. The next day Nana even bought her a bed at Pet Smart...a cat bed to be exact with a water bowl. She holds it, loves it, calls it, and feeds it too.