The Trimmier Life

Well, you couldn’t find any snow near the Trimmier residence this year during Christmastime, but you could find us blowing and going and having fun!  Our Christmas festivities started with one of the best bashes on the face of the planet — Urbanovsky style!  We joined my mom’s family on the Urby Farm (in West, TX) along with about 40 other people and celebrated in true Urby fashion with great food, lots of laughs and caroling before opening gifts (a long standing tradition that my granddad used to make all the grandkids do before getting presents…we’ve kept the tradition alive and now all the aunts, uncles, kids, and grandkids share in the singing).  It was definitely nice to see everyone as we usually only see them 1 or 2 times a year.  We have a lot of new babies in the family and it was fun seeing their eyes light up at the Christmas tree as they opened their new toys.

Middle Picture: Top - Von, Dustin, Jenn, Bottom - Sheila, Grandma Urby, Marvin

The celebrations continued on Christmas Eve when Dustin and I hosted the Trimmier family at our house for dinner.  Deb, Tim (Dustin’s parents), Drew, Anne (Dustin’s brother and his fiance), Nanie, Papaw (Dustin’s grandparents), Dustin and I dined on luscious beef tenderloin, homemade mac-n-cheese, sausage balls, veggies & dip, mandarin & blackberry spinach salad, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, broccoli corn casserole, hot rolls, lime jello salad, buttermilk pie, pumpkin bread, and cherry pie before retiring to the couch to have lively discussion about the family’s notable events in 2008 and plans for 2009.  One of the most noteworthy celebrations in 2009 will be the upcoming nuptials of Drew & Anne — May 2nd!  We also had fun researching the Trimmier family history and learning of our ancestor’s fame — Did you know that Leonard Tremeer earned a bronze medal in the 400 meter hurdles in the 1908 Olympics — seriously!  Also (and obvious from my previous sentence), Trimmier used to be spelled Trimeer and then Trimyear before it morphed into its current form.  Thanks to ancestry.com, my husband and father-in-law are now obsessed with tracing the roots of their family tree (I must admit it’s pretty darn interesting and I can’t wait to see what else they uncover!).

Drew & Anne, Christmas flowers, Nanie & Honey

Christmas morning was filled with stocking stuffers (Dustin and I did not do any ‘big’ gifts this year as we have made several large purchases for our home and office throughout the year) and lounging while enjoying our first Christmas morning in our own home…isn’t that weird – we’ve been together for 6 Christmases and in all those years we have never woken up in our own bed on Christmas morning.  We are usually traveling to see family across the state and country, but this year we stayed put in good ‘ole San Antonio and we thoroughly enjoyed it (sorry Mom & Nanny!).  It was nice to have people come to us this year and even nicer not having to spend 2 to 3 days of our time off sitting in a car on I-35 battling all of the other holiday travelers.  After coffee and stockings the Trimmier gang joined us again for lunch – Nanie’s homemade chili and tamales — if it’s not obvious yet, the theme of our holiday season was ‘EAT!’ – but I guess that’s true for most American families!!  Benjamen Button was the movie pick for that evening (it gets 2 stars from me for its lengthiness and weirdness) and the rest is history – well, that is if history is lounging on the couch, eating lots of leftovers and playing on your new computer!

Later in the week we enjoyed an intimate Italian dinner at Little Italy with Dustin’s parents, Drew & Anne – it was a lovely meal accompanied by lovely wine and even lovelier conversation.

We hope that all of you enjoyed your Christmas as much as we did and that you and your families feel the essence of Christmas all year long.  We leave you with one last saying of the season and wish nothing but it’s meaning upon you ~ “Christmas is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future.  It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.” Agnes M. Pharo