Christmas season fun continues...

You probably thought I'd finished with the Christmas update. Not quite. I told you we were busy people in December! Here are some of the other fun things we did during the holiday season...

The boys attended the AF squadron's kids' Christmas party. Here they are watching all the kids go up to sit on Santa's knee to receive their gifts. We were wondering if either of them would participate. Let's see...


Yep, we still have a believer in our midst, although he was very shy and perhaps a little embarrassed about sitting on Santa's knee in front of all those people.


Both boys had small roles in the children's Christmas play at the chapel. D played two roles, the part of Isaiah and one of the three kings.


M played the role of Joseph. He didn't have a speaking part, but he was required to sit with Mary beside the Baby Jesus in the manger nearly the entire play. His knees ached when it was over.


The boys pose with several of their chapel buddies before the play began.



Here's a shot of most of the cast members.


D is such a ham, no matter how large or small his part happens to be. He just has a good time wherever he goes.


We had the opportunity to see the Harlem Globetrotters when they paid an unexpected visit to our base. I'd seen them perform when I was a little girl, but that was a very long time ago. This was a first for the boys and they had a blast.


The players pretended to argue in front of the spectators and people ended up getting wet when the guy with the cup of water threw it at his teammate, who happened to duck just in time. Okay, I knew the drill, but I still got wet.


D was lucky enough to snag one of the mini-basketballs the players were throwing into the crowd.


M didn't get a basketball, but he waited patiently in line to get every player's autograph on a poster everyone received upon entrance into the gym. Here he poses with one of the players.


Between Christmas and New Year's, a group of celebrities traveling through Europe on a "Hollywood Handshake Tour" stopped at Rota to meet and greet military families. There were seven of them, but only five were available when my girlfriend and I went to get autographs and photos. Here I'm posing with Dennis Farina, probably best known for his role on the TV series "Law and Order," and Bill Brochtrup, an actor from the TV series "NYPD Blue." Both men were incredibly nice.


Here I'm posing with Wanda Colón, well known for design shows on HGTV and various movies; Lissa Layng, a TV and film celebrity I honestly didn't recognize (No offense to her!), but evidently she's been on "Unsolved Mysteries," "Days of Our Lives," etc.; and James Reynolds, an actor famous for his role on "Days of Our Lives," who also happens to be a former Marine and currently works with the U.S. Dept of Veteran Affairs as the spokesperson for hospitalized veterans.

Okay this pretty much wraps up the holiday season happenings, with the exception of Christmas morning, which I'll share with you in a later post. We really did have a great December with lots of unique opportunities, however it's rather nice to be enjoying a slower-paced January.