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The National Christmas Tree in front of White House

I seem to always slow down on my posts when a year comes to its end. This was true last year, but it’s especially bad this year. By now there are 4 trips that I haven’t written a word about, plus loads of other going - ons that went un-documented.

Oh well, this means I am living a full life. As the weather cools down, the trees turned gold, and distant mountain tops covered with snow, I just want to slow down and “feel” evey waking moment. This is when I tend to negelect my blog.

Christmas was wonderful. It was full of family visits. Since this is the first Christmas since John and I got married, it was the usual merry jolly x 2. John and I spent good quality time with his family, his aunts + uncles + cousins + nieces+ nephews, plus my family. My dad, sister, and brother flew in to be with us, and it was very nice to have our whole family under one roof (which doesn’t happen often anymore). It was also nice to see John’s side of the extended family and feel a bit more acquainted with them. In addition to celebrating Christmas, one of John’s aunts celebrated her 40th wedding anniversary, plus there were 3 birthdays, therefore we had two cakes on top of all the festive food. Imagine the amount of eating…

But, all in all, it was nice.

The 32' high tree was magnificent. Although it was so cold, it was worth the metro ride and walk.

Here’s a photo of us in front of the National Christmas tree in Washington D.C. It was taken during our visit there two weeks ago.

A small part of John's huge family. I am still getting to know them. This was taken on Thranksgiving Day.

And, here’s a photo taken at one of John’s aunt’s house during Thanksgiving. Did I ever mention that John’s side of the family is huge? For Christmas, it was the same size of gathering, but I don’t have any group photos in my camera.

And I made a mistake of not taking photos with my family during Christmas. I guses we’ll have to make up for it for the New Years, when we count down at Las Vegas strip. However, my sister will be missing at that time.

Posted on December 29th, 2009 under Family, John • RSS 2.0 feed • You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed