I hope everyone’s Christmas was merry – full of joy, surrounded by love, and relaxing, with lots of fabulous holiday foods, presents, and a reminder of blessed we all truly are. For Christmas we slept in, had breakfast casserole, and opened gifts. We had a white Christmas with plenty of snow still on the ground and a few more flurries in the early evening – much unlike Texas where the sun is shining bright, we wrap chili pepper lights around the cactus, and serve up some margaritas and queso dip.
In the afternoon the rest of the family came over. We enjoyed each others company, ate holiday goodies, and played party games on the wii to determine the drawing order of the gift card exchange. I love gift card exchanges – such a great way for everyone to receive something in a fun way – especially when paired with wii games. Wii Party is awesome, if you’re looking for a fun (albeit very random) new wii game to add to your collection. Fun for the whole family. After everyone left Ted and I went for another long walk around the neighborhood, through the snow, just to get a little exercise and see all the pretty Christmas lights and decorations on the houses. It was a good time and fun to see everyone again.
Today we are going to the Packers v. Giants game at Lambeau. It’ll be in the mid to low 20s during the game, so I’ll be bundling up in my 17 layers of cuddlecuds that make me waddle like a penguin just to survive 3.5 hours on freezing metal bleachers with cardboard scraps beneath our feet to keep them off the cold ground. Though we certainly hope they win today, just attending a game is so much fun – the cold weather, the expensive hot chocolate and munchies, the game itself, and the overwhelming amount of team spirit makes the games a real treat to enjoy in person!
I have high hopes for the remainder of our vacation as well – some favorite Green Bay and Milwaukee eateries to hit up (cue fat ass alert), hopefully sledding, visiting my sister and her family in Chicago, New Years Eve movies and wii games, and I’d still love to see Black Swan and Little Fockers. We haven’t been to the movies in months, which is so unusual since we used to hit up the movie theatre several times a month when we lived in Michigan. Right now we’re really just enjoying the down time to relax, make up our schedule as we go along, and spend some time together and with our family.
Hope you all continue to enjoy your holiday as well!
