Thanksgiving and More

Julia is HOME! We had a fun-filled, extra-packed Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family. It was awesome all around. My personal highlights were the turkey and ham, Peloton class (live and in person!!!!), &Juliet on Broadway, and time with Maggie and Vickie (US Botanical Gardens, National Capitol Tree, Willard Intercontinental Hotel). In between all the fun, we put an offer on a house, got accepted, had a full inspection (Saturday), and then rescinded the offer. :( House hunting to be continued... 

Christmas Celebration 2020

Despite a challenging year, we were able to celebrate a wonderful Christmas season. It was so nice to have Julia home--even more enjoyable when we didn't have to wear masks and have the windows open (5 days?). We went car shopping and settled on the BMW X2. The Buick has been serviced and is ready for Julia to take back to St. Paul. 

Mom held another fantastic gingerbread house decorating party--outside and masked. We were fortunate to have a warm 60-ish day, and the rain didn't stop us. It was so nice to connect with everyone. Thanks, Mom! We visited the Capitol Christmas tree. Laura and Emmie sent a Christmas cookie box, which Julia and Steven thoroughly enjoyed. 

Christmas was low-key. We got Steven an under-the-desk bicycle; I readily fell asleep while trying it out. :) We are just happy and thankful to be together, safe, and healthy. 

Christmas Festivities to the Max

We crammed a lot of Christmas activities into a week of celebrating! Benjamin came for a few days and we went to Enchant Christmas at the Nationals Park on Friday with Meme. Saturday, we had the cookie decorating party with Holton Friends. On Sunday, we went to the Kennedy Center for Second City's Love Factually. Highly recommend--it was so funny! We had Wingo's Sunday night. Unfortunately, Benjamin had to return to his family in Traverse City on Monday. But we continued on, with a visit to the Capitol Christmas tree--always nicer and less crowded than the White House tree. Tuesday was Christmas Eve and the gingerbread decorating party--deep fried turkey included! For Christmas, we opened presents, went ice skating at Washington Harbor, then indulged in Delmonico steak from Wagshal's. The next day, Meme came over and we went to see, "Bombshell" (awesome!) and had more of Wagshal's delicious steak... this time bone in prime sirloin. Friday, Meme came over and treated us to Rocklands BBQ. You can't go wrong with Rocklands. And the ramping up to New Year's is happening...with more excitement on the way.