My Dad, Laura, and Jon visited us for an early Christmas celebration. We (briefly) walked around DC and took in the sights of the National Christmas Tree on a cold, blustery December day. Back at the house, we chowed down on dinner and then opened presents.
On the second day of Christmas...
Frank & I left Virginia on 12/22 and spent the night in Delaware at my Dad's. The next day the three of us drove to NYC where we met Uncle Mike & Aunt Dale for a day of sight-seeing. One of my absolute favorite things is NYC at Christmastime. Danielle, Tony, and JoAnn met up with the five of us after dinner for the Broadway show, American Idiot (based on Green Day's music). The show was fantastic! We spent Christmas Eve & Christmas Day at the DeMarco's and then popped over to my Grandparents for dessert on Christmas Day. We managed to escape the island before the big blizzard and made it home safely. (The drive took us much longer than expected and I will say publicly that MY HUSBAND WAS RIGHT...I had wanted to go out to breakfast with my grandparents before leaving, but since it had already started to snow, Frank wanted to get on the road ASAP. It was a good thing we left when we did, because once we hit the Turnpike we saw numerous accidents so I can only imagine how bad it would have been just an hour later.)
One the third day of Christmas...
We spent New Year's Eve at Kelly & Mike's wedding; The ceremony was in a beautiful old church in Georgetown and the alter was picturesque with the remnants of Christmas decorations. The reception was at The Fairfax in Dupont Circle which proved to be a fabulous celebration, complete with, of course, a traditional ringing-in of the New Year with the countdown, noise makers, and confetti. A fun evening in celebration of a beautiful couple.
Back to the third Christmas...On New Year's Day, Frank & I drove out to Winchester for Christmas with my mom. Saturday was our big 'Christmas dinner' which allowed us to lounge around on Sunday (our Christmas morning) and enjoy delicious leftovers that night!
As usual our families completely spoiled us with amazing presents, but the best gift of all was being able to spend time with each and every one of them!
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