With no choice but to spend the Holidays alone in Roswell, NM... and instead of fighting over which "Christmas" we were going to have (an Etheridge family Christmas, or a Valenzuela/Gonzalez family Christmas), we actually managed to compromise and come up with a brilliant plan to include both our family Christmas traditions!
We decided to have our Christmas dinner the night before on Christmas Eve (Jei's tradition), and then we would open all our gifts on Christmas morning (My tradition)! And so Christmas Eve finally arrived and Jei & I both were super excited about pigging out on some of our favorite foods!
With it being Christmas and all... and having a bunch of that Christmas spirit to go around, Jei & I decided to invite a friend of mine over to join us for our Christmas feast! My buddy had no other plans, is single, and had no family in town... so we thought it was the least we could do to help make his Christmas a little more merrier. Much to our surprise, he showed up with his best friend, an Australian Cattle Dog named "Gemma" oddly enough!
We didn't think it would be such a good idea for them to play together, so we locked the Key-Dens up in our room and let Gemma have the rest of the house to herself. She was such a sweet doggy and was lots of fun to play with! As you can see... Gemma & Jei got along just fine!
Gemma had never seen a water bowl like that one before... so she took advantage of the cats being locked away and scooped up the last bit of cat food morsels left in their bowl and went to town on all that delicious cat water!
Although a dog-lover at heart... Ming thought she would try to seduce him and change his mind while she had her chance with Gemma taking a dinner break outside in the truck for a while.
Christmas dinner served!!!
After stuffing our faces with deliciousness... my buddy & I braved the cold weather and enjoyed a post Christmas dinner cigar in the backyard... with Gemma keeping us company!
After an amazingly delicious Christmas dinner, a wonderfully relaxing cigar, and absolute divine cheesecake & cupcakes for dessert... it was time to say goodbye to Gemma, her daddy, and Christmas Eve... for Jei & I were super anxious to get to bed and find out what Santa and gotten us for Christmas!
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