Well, my holiday break and all of our holiday traveling is over now. It's nice to be back home for a while. Thank you for all the wonderful gifts. It was wonderful seeing everyone. We love you very much! Thanks for having us!
Here's what all we did to finish up our break:
We went to Wichita on Thursday afternoon. Spent a little time with Sis and Adam and the puppies before heading to Mama's house. Mama went WAAAAAY overboard on Christmas presents (does that surprise anyone). We got so many new things! One thing I'm most excited about is my new espresso machine! It works great! I'm working on perfecting my espresso making skills. I'm pretty excited about it. :) Other fun things I got from Mama are sweaters, a new cookbook (Bisquick), espresso cups, toiletries and money for our cruise (or other vacation) this summer, and lots of new flavored coffees. :) Once again, just the highlights, I got too many things to count!! We also did Christmas with Sis and Adam there at Mama's house. I got a fondue cookbook!! I'm soooo excited! As you could probably tell from our Christmas Eve dinner, I LOVE fondue! I'm excited to try out my new cookbooks!!
Friday we spent the afternoon with Sis and Adam at their house. Then, that evening we went to Grandma Heorman's house for our Christmas there. It was nice seeing that side of the family as well. I got another cookbook from Grandma, her friend JaNell put it all together. Uncle Ed and Cathy got me 3 new Glee CD's!! Grandma and Grandpa also gave Michael and I some money to help with our cruise (or other vacation). We're almost halfway to our financial goal now... Hopefully by this summer we'll have enough to go on a nice trip for our 2 year anniversary. Another great thing about Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Heorman is that we have soups for dinner! Not just 1, we have 3 different soups to choose from! (4 if you count the chili without beans or onions) Mama went to Cinnamon's Deli and bought some bread bowls, that made the meal even better! We played some games and hung out before going back to Sis and Adam's house to celebrate New Year's Eve.
Saturday was another Christmas! We went to see Grandma and Grandpa Counterman and spend some time with them. It was nice seeing them again! We don't see them nearly enough, so it was nice to just sit and talk for a while, hear what was going on in their lives. Grandma and Grandpa gave us some money for Christmas. It will really help as we're bouncing back from our holiday spending. We're also going to put some of it away for our trip this summer. I can't wait! Grandma made vegetable soup and turkey and noodles for lunch for us. It was great!! I can never get enough soup! It was a nice afternoon. :)
After a little after Christmas shopping and returning a couple things that we ended up with doubles of Michael, Sis, Adam, and I went to Sal's for dinner. It's a Japanese Hibachi restaurant that we always go to around Christmas, just the 4 of us. It was great, as usual! Michael doesn't really like that kind of food, but he graciously puts up with it because the rest of us like it so much. The guy sitting at the same table as us seemed to be a regular of the restaurant, he even knew our server by name. He bought a large sake for the 4 of us, which burned like warm rubbing alcohol going down your throat... Not my thing. The rest of the meal was excellent! Can't wait to go back next year!!
That was about all we did the rest of my break. We're back home now, relaxing before I have to go back to work tomorrow. Wish me luck! More to come about my New Years resolutions soon! :) (Hint: Julie and Julia)
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