Well, another Christmas come and gone...and it was another fun and memorable holidays spent traveling, traveling and oh, traveling. luke and i celebrated with payton a few days early in our home in washington..no snow, but it rained a lot (ha!). i flew out to florida on the 24th in time to celebrate christmas eve with the kiggins side (extended family), then spent christmas day at gram & gramps. luke made it in that evening and we spent christmas night visiting with family, eating leftovers, opening massive amounts of gifts and playing farkle! it was a great time and something i hadn't done in close to 10 years. we also got a chance to visit with my grandma and she even let us pick yummy satsumas from her backyard! it was a great visit and good time to catch up (in person)! my parents had spent christmas up in virginia with our good friends, the cummings (since my dad had a layover) and ryan and sarah spent it up in indiana with her family. jason, anna and noah had to suffer through spending the holidays with a view of the snowy alps in their backyard. we missed them dearly and are quite jealous.
so, where was i...oh yeah, traveling. so my parents flew in after christmas and we drove up to lakeland, georgia (not sure it's even on a map, but it's near valdosta :)..we spent a late christmas with ryan and sarah and of course, the pups. we had a fabulous time touring their town, riding ryan's new motorcycle, playing games, eating too much food and laughing.
we even made a special trip down to tallahassee, florida so i could take luke (and sarah) to see FSU. i was super excited to show him where i spent 6 years of college and remembered most of it (ha!)..we got to meet up with my good friends lorie and jonathon and reminisce on college days.
we miraculously made it back to seattle on the 31st..oh right, i forgot to mention that we decided to save money and just fly on guest passes this year. worked great getting to florida, but due to the insane weather up north and just end-of-holiday travel, all flights were oversold until well into january. yikes. but it just goes to show that if you stand at the gate, bug the gate agent even after they've already closed the jetway door, sometimes it works out...
all in all, it was a fabulous holiday season and i wish all of you health and happiness in this new year..
