It Came, It Went, We Conquered!

Yup, we made it through another Holiday season... but barely! And we loved every minute of it! Due to prior obligations, or if you prefer, laziness, Bob and I didn't start our Christmas shopping until 8 days before the big day. We started out on the 15th with a grand scheme of getting all our shopping done in one, maybe two, days. However, as the day progressed on, the more sluggish we became, giving up early in the evening to go home and watch movies. Sunday was a complete wash... So as time swiftly passed, we realized that by time the 22nd came around, we had absolutely no choice but to get it done. However, this worked out quite well, as both Bob and I work quite well under pressure. That weekend we spent a good 24 hours at the mall and other various locations to complete our Christmas shopping. The evening of the 23rd, we got home about 7pm, ate a quick dinner, then proceeded to wrap gifts until 1:30am, only to have all the wrapping ripped off 9 hours later.

Christmas Eve

To those of you who don't know, we celebrate Christmas with Bob's kids on Christmas Eve morning, then go to their mother's late that evening, after celebrating at Bob's parents, to celebrate Christmas with her family the next day. This year worked out very well, as we were able to hit up my family's Christmas Eve dinner at my aunt and uncle's home. Unfortunately, because we were stuffed from Bob's family dinner, we weren't able to eat there. This was much to my chagrin since I couldn't refrain from snacking at Bob's parents. I made myself miss out on an awesome spread of the Mexican themed dinner, complete with the most awesome wet burritos ever made. However, I was able to beg some to take home with us for Bob and I's peaceful day at home dinner for the next day. Because of the way it works out, Bob and I get 3 days of Christmas celebrations.

On Christmas Day, Bob & I woke up about 9am and then headed over to my parents for breakfast and presents. We hung around for a few hours, watching movies, then heading home for a much needed nap. Christmas Day was pretty quiet for us, but was very relaxing considering we were heading back to work the next day.

We finished out the week at work, which was really slow, except for I, who ended up taking Friday off due to a bum back. That evening we headed over a friend's home to watch MSU lose their bowl game. This past weekend was fairly calm.

We rode in the New Year with dinner at the Rusty Nail in Carson City with my parents, my aunt & uncle, cousin, Andy and his wife, Jen and her family and cousin Brandon, with his girlfriend Kim. The dinner was an awesome spread of all you can eat prime rib, crab legs and roasted chicken. After that we headed over to Glen and Mary's for their annual New Year's Eve bash (I forgot the digital, so I had to buy disposable camera's... I will get those pictures posted as soon as I get the film developed). We woke up the next morning to a lot of snow, only to wake up Wednesday morning to even more snow.

Snow

P.S. On December 22nd, we went to watch our friend Seth play in his band "The Radiators." Such a great time... Refer to Kate & Matt's page for pics and descriptions... Since I failed on this end!