Holiday Fun

We hope all of you had a nice Christmas, whether you were celebrating traditionally or doing the movie and Chinese food thing like us. We've had a great couple of days off to just enjoy some time together and with friends.

On Christmas Eve we headed over to Tom and Kristin's to help them celebrate Christmas Eve. Since they are couch-bound this year, they weren't able to get home to see their families. So we tried to substitute as best as we could. We ordered in dinner from Angelina and it was really yummy food. And then we just hung out and got a chance to catch up, check out the progress they've made on their nursery and admire all their pretty Christmas decorations. I love Christmas decorations. I always tell Jody it's a good thing it's not our holiday because I'd probably spend way too much money on whatever decorations I could get my hands on. It works out best to just admire our friends' decor.

On Christmas, we did our usual Christmas tradition of going to a movie and getting Chinese food. We saw "Slumdog Millionaire," and it was an awesome movie. The way the whole story unfolded was really neat and the movie was so well done. It's a bit of a tearjerker, but what isn't these days? I mean, I'm tearing up at just about everything I see or read lately. Jody was completely dry-eyed in the movie.

We also got a chance to introduce Charlie to one of our favorite dogs: Hire's dog Lafawnduh. We love Lafawnduh. She's an adorable blood hound and has such a funny little personality. We really thought she and Charlie would hit it off. But, Charlie was being so annoying and wouldn't stop barking at her to get her to play with him. Lafawnduh was way too mature for Charlie and just kept her cool as Charlie tried everything he could to get her to play. They finally got to run around and play a bit in the park, but as soon as they were back inside Charlie was back to his loud barky, still-a-puppy self. Poor Lafawnduh may never come back to visit!

All in all, it's been a great way to celebrate the end of the year and the whole holiday season. Hope you're all having fun with friends and family, too!