Yummy Tamales!
Spanish Christmas Eve celebration table! 
Getting ready to put together the tamales. This is the meat mixture and corn husks.
He also seems to like this present that his grandparents
He also seems to like this present that his grandparents gave him!
Samuel seems to like this little wooden worm Eric and I
My sister, Mary, and the earrings I gave her!
My mom holding Samuel. She made him the little gown
Samuel seems to like this little wooden worm Eric and I gave him for Christmas!
My sister, Mary, and the earrings I gave her!
My mom holding Samuel. She made him the little gown he is wearing. You can see the pretty pile of Christmas presents here!
Me and Samuel going to visit friends on Christmas Eve
We were headed out to visit friends. This is my sister Mary with Samuel
Me and Samuel going to visit friends on Christmas Eve
We were headed out to visit friends. This is my sister Mary with SamuelShe got him this outfit for Christmas, and wanted me to open it early
so he could wear it!
My sister and I have a tradition of making mexican tamales for Christmas. We don't get to do it every single year, but we did it this year, and it was fun, and they were SO yummy! It is quite the process. It involves soaking and boiling the corn husks, making the meat mixture, the corn meal dough mixture, and then putting it all together and steaming them. We had them for Christmas Eve, and my mom made "Flan," which is a traditional Mexican special dessert. It was a very nice meal! Then we opened presents! I think Samuel got more presents than any of us! I had fun shopping for my sister, the day before Christmas Eve, Eric and I went to a cute town in Texas, and I went to some really cute boutiques looking for a present for her. I settled on some really nice earrings, and she really liked them! It was a nice Christmas!
I want tamales now. Your family and blog are wonderful! I can't wait to see more. I am your newest follower!
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yum! your mom is so pretty too :-)
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~Sister :-)