Merry Christmas!

We had a great week with my family--mom, dad, and Mike drove out to spend the holidays here with us. We ate a lot, shopped a lot, and watched a lot of movies :) It was good time spent with the family.

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Now they're on their way home and we're re-grouping. It is a little crazy to have guests for the week but worth it. We have a fridge full of food, new ideas (Sasha was really inspired after watching Avatar in IMAX 3D). Today Sasha's editing, I'm working on photos and cleaning. And visiting Target for after-Christmas sales. ;)

This is only the beginning of the holiday season for us: we now have New Year's and Orthodox Christmas (to be spent quietly at home). It is my goal to find some new traditions for us--previous Orthodox Christmases have been spent at home sleeping. Maybe I'll fix a new fun traditional food. . .or something.

I hope everyone out there had a wonderful Christmas and I wish everyone a successful and happy new year!!