holidays

Whew - that was a whirlwind! But definitely a relaxing couple of weeks. I need to catch you up on December - what an enjoyable month it was!

Highlights:

• Getting to have dinner with Jeff's Uncle Bill and Aunt Jan who were visiting from Tacoma
• Holiday parties!
• A memorable evening at Irving St. Kitchen to celebrate one of my dearest friend Maggie's graduation from nursing school - CONGRATS!!!
  
• Christmas Eve at Jeff's grandma's house. A house full of relatives, ugly sweaters, good food, and people I love.
  
• Christmas morning with Jeff's mom and stepdad. Yummy breakfast, delicious lattes, and present opening!
• Christmas afternoon with Jeff's dad and stepmom. Dinner that was to-die-for, lots of couch and relax time, games, laughs, and late-night fun!
• Spa day at Gervais with my lovely sis-in-law, Brook, on the day after Christmas. SO AMAZING!
• Jeff finding out that he gets to go to Arizona to watch the Ducks play in the National Championship game - a once in a lifetime opportunity! He was over the moon.
  
• A special dinner at Serrato (our go-to) with my parents last week.
  
• Spending the weekend and NYE in Sunriver with my parents: 7 miles of cross country skiing at Tumalo Falls, lunch in Bend, TONS of snow in Sunriver, a cozy house, lounging, hottub, delicious food, Chloe time, and cold, cold sunshine! It was spectacular.

Coming away from such a jam-packed month with all of our family and friends, we couldn't be more thankful and feel more blessed to have all of you in our lives! May your 2011 also be richly blessed with people you love!