I don't know about anyone else, but with Thanksgiving being so late this year - and Thanksgiving weekend not technically ending until December 1! - December was super short and felt incredibly rushed to me. It's my favorite month of the year and I don't feel like I really got to savor it! There were really only three weekends between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and each one was pretty busy.
First weekend of December
C went hiking in the Grand Canyon with B1 and my dad, while I had Avalanche all to myself for four days!
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| Avalanche got to spend an afternoon with his beloved Hayley and his buddy Finn while I attended a bridal shower |
Second Weekend of December
My best friend Dan visited from Seattle and we went to NYC to see all of the touristy sights! It was really cold, but beautiful blue skies and we had a fun time, despite a terrible hotel and missing our train home because of generally insane traffic and road shut-downs!
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| we took the train from D.C. to NYC for a quick 30-hour visit |
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| I absolutely loved the holiday light display here! |
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| we've been friends for almost a quarter century! |
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| this was the chaotic scene trying to check in to the hotel when their "system went down" - it was a complete nightmare and a thoroughly frustrating experience! |
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| we asked for our two hotel rooms to be near each other, which the hotel did not make happen, and I had NO HEAT in my room the entire night while the outside temperature was below freezing... I was NOT a happy hotel guest! |
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| we ate lunch at Papillon, which was perhaps the most decorated place I've ever been! |
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| on Dan's last full day, we went to Ford's Theater in D.C. and it was a pretty cool place |
Third Weekend of December
B1, S1, B2, S2, and our niece and nephews spent the weekend at our house so we could celebrate early Christmas all together!
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| snoozing in front of the tree |
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| the two elderly gentlemen of the family |
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| Max snoozing on his new bed |
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| my nephew and I waited on the deck to see Santa go by on a fire truck |
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| our baby nephew's first Christmas |
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| C bought me this Lego set of The Office last year and I hadn't had time to start on it, but a few months ago, my seven-year old niece asked if she could build it - she worked on during each of her recent visits, and she finished it! |
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| please note that the proposed age for the set is 18+ |
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| I'm super impressed with her and I love it so much!
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On December 23, we drove up to C's parents' house to not only celebrate Christmas together, but to get Avalanche settled for a couple of days because he'll be staying in Canada with C's parents while we travel! Of course, we was as good as gold during the ten-hour car ride, and we saw a little bit of snow at a few rest stops along the way, but when we arrived, it was snowing and there was a good amount of snow at C's parents' house, so Avalanche was in heaven!
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| the snow at C' parents' house |
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| the sun came out on Christmas Eve, so we took him to the park where we used to go as teenagers! |
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| he was not too sure what this snowman was |
We've been enjoying the cold temperatures and the Christmas snow here in Canada, but we are super excited to get on this plane and visit some places we've never been!
Happy Tails to you!
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