Thanksgiving came and went and we kicked the holidays into high gear. Not just we the family, but we the entire nation of America. I have started working full time (and over time on weekends, too) to help with the hotel rush.
We've attended a jewish menorah lighting gathering at Caltech - turns out Bronson really likes latkes, a Diwali festival - he also doesn't mind spicy food, and a pastafarians gathering where we prayed to the Flying Spaghetti Monster to bring us good pasta next year - turns out Bronson likes noodles.
OK, no Flying Spaghetti Monster prayers, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster for more info, Matthew's thinking of converting.
Laura and Walter (aka 'The Chileans' ) came over to enjoy a Saturday Thanksgiving dinner with us.
Rhodes scholar in the making...
We got a nice 6 foot pine Christmas tree - the first we've gotten as a family! It's nicely decorated (on the top half) and looks great. We had fun tying it to the roof and bringing it home, feel like real adults and parents now.
Many amazon.com boxes have been arriving, we've been wrapping the whole thing up without looking inside in the hopes of suprises on Christmas morning "Sweet, a...." , "And look, it's from ..." . Good times. We also received an exciting box from Sabrina and Mike :)
We have sent out all of our gifts and mostly all of our cards, so we really hope they all make it to you before the big day.
My mom and dad are currently driving down the West coast for a visit - they will arrive in Newport beach tomorrow at a time share, and we are heading over once I'm off work to visit for the night. We will visit again at the end of the week for 3 nights and explore Catalina Island and Newport beach area - I'm very excited! Then next weekend they will be joining us in Pasadena for Christmas, through New Years! Unfortunately I have to work 7 - 11am on Christmas day, but that's following a 4 day weekend, so I can't really complain. I'm the only one who likes getting up early anyways, everyone'll just nap until I get home at 11:07 screaming "Merry Christmas!"
Take a second and go to this link, it's a neat animation and for every coin dropped, BC Hydro donates a real 5cent coin to the BC Childrens hospital.
http://wwe5.bchydro.com/2007holiday/
More updates before the big man comes - I hope that everyone (myself included) gets to slow down and enjoy the season. My mantra is - It's not what you cook, it's who you cook it for :)
No, no, no, no Santa! You've got it all wrong - who told you I've been naughty?
