Christmas with the Gibsons

For Christmas, Shelly and Clint were gracious enough to open their house to our small menagerie so, we took the 6 hour drive to visit them in DC. My parents and other older sister Angie and her family were there to celebrate too. Christmas eve was spent with the traditional Thai food spread that has garnished our family table for the past 25+ years. Shelly's OCD paid off big with her meticulously detailed and stunning Christmas Tree. With only one broken glass ball, I would say the girls behaved themselves pretty well. Christmas day was a magical day of princesses, leggos, dinosaurs and dollies for the kids. Bryce and Gus, the cousins, were so sweet and humored Kate with her constant pretending and prancing. I think Kate's favorite part of the whole trip was seeing the dinosaur fossils at the Natural History Museum. The girls had so much fun with the whole family there; it was sad to leave.

Thanksgiving Visits

This year we hosted Amy’s family at our house. It was great to have Mom and Dad, Bub and Emily with their new baby Reese. Room was scarce but food and laughs were plentiful. I don't know why we ever moved out of the Roundy's basement to tell you the truth; It would be like an "Evening at the Improv" every night. Frank took care of the Thanksgiving feast- he even hunted, killed and cleaned the turkey by himself. Later in the week we visited the beach to feed the birds- at the request of Preston 'The Bird Whisperer' Roundy- which was a cool albeit creepy experience for all. We also toured the battleship USS North Carolina in Wilmington. All in all, if it weren't for a flying pachycephalosaurus nearly taking baby Reese's head clean off, it would have been a perfect visit.