Christmas Day 2011

Although Jack is getting to be a little too much of a teenager, the three of us had a nice Christmas morning opening presents around the tree. We had a nice lazy breakfast of waffles.

After breakfast, Sharon's nephew Kevin came over. With Tommy, Becky and Eric in Arizona spending Christmas with Becky's dad, Kevin spent the day with us. For the third year in a row, we went out for a movie on Christmas Day. The four of us went to Sherlock Holmes - Game of Shadows. Both Sharon and I enjoyed the movie.

The four of us finished the day with a Christmas dinner of Chicken Cordon Bleu. On the first Christmas that I celebrated with Sharon, she made chicken cordon bleu for her parents and I. We opened the bottle of pinot noir that I brought back from New Ze@land.

Second 7th & 8th Grade Dance

As part of the St. Anthony's Middle School Club, Jack went to his second 7th and 8th grade dance [first]. St. Anthony's hosts five dances over the course of the year.

Sharon and I took the opportunity to have dinner downtown at Ella's Dining Room and Bar. This is one of Sharon's favorite Sacramento restaurants. The two of us have not been there since we had dinner with Pat and Bernard last March. Sharon had an entree of pappardelle and poached egg, while I had seared bay scallops and buckwheat gnocchi.

[WillaKenzie Estate Pinot Noir Pierre Leon]