Holidays 2010

Chris and I usually go visit our families each Christmas, but this year we invited our families to come visit us. My family came for Christmas weekend. The highlight of the trip was the dining table my parents brought for us. It's perfect!

The table made possible many things. We had a place to eat our yummy Christmas Eve Dinner.

We had a place to do a puzzle.

And now I have a place to play my new piano, which Chris surprised me with on Christmas morning. He had been hiding it in a neighbor's apartment.

The Sias family came for New Years weekend. My in-laws arrived on our shared wedding anniversary. Their 37 years gave me perspective on our 3 years. Jesse and Vanessa (Chis's brother and wife) and A.J. and Lindy (Chris's cousin and wife) arrived shortly after the in-laws.

Three noteworthy things happened on New Year's Eve:

1. We played an impromptu Newly Wed game. The final rankings in this very entertaining and revealing game were as follows: 1st place - A.J. and Lindy, married one month. 2nd place - Jesse and Vanessa, married less than a year. 3rd place: Rudy and Lulu, married 37 years. 4th Place: Chris and Kim - married three years. Only one point separated first and second place, as well as third and fourth place. Unfortunately, many points separated second and third place. Chris and I were good hosts and allowed our guests to win.
2. The fire alarm went off in our building. In the rush of evacuating the building, I put on black sandals over my white athletic socks. The situation excuses this nerdy fous pax.
3. We saw an awesome fireworks display from the roof of our building. Not only were we blocks from the city's impressive show, but we could see all the fireworks going off all over the city. The fireworks were all around us, a 360 degree show, a bubbling horizon where ever you looked. It was an awesome way to end an awesome holiday season.

Cheers!

I am so thankful that our families came to us this year. I hope they had as much fun with us as we did with them. Next year, however, I think we will resume visiting them for Christmas. While our new apartment is bigger than our last place, it is loft style and has no separation between the main living space and the bedroom space. This made for some awkward encounters that shall be deemed "bonding moments between family." Some bonding moments do not need to be repeated.