It’s Christmas time again! It’s by far our most celebrated family holiday (although Halloween comes in pretty close in my book in terms of fanfare). It’s a time for family, usually travel and hanging out with those we care about. This year we had Harlan with us for the travel and hanging time and that was a bigger treat than I could have expected as he was very easy going with the air travel and car travel and lots of Texas roads. Cora was a little less happy with the change in her routine from home, but given that she had been sick (stomach bug) before we left, she handled it all like a champ.

The trip was in all, very successful, if more stressful than years past. A minor fender bender with the rental car, a diverted airplane for Sean’s arrival, and some other vehicular snafus lent their color to the trip.

We were able to see quite a few friends and family despite the hiccups. We were very grateful to see my paternal grandfather Bob Thomas (he married Sean and me) in Dallas while were in Texas (although I don’t recommend driving round trip to Dallas in one day with two small children!).

The pictures hopefully tell it all,  and we really hope we can see more folks again in the future, but the invitation is always open to visit up here in Seattle, we’ll be here a while 😉