Monday, December 29, 2008

The week between Christmas and New Year's

There's that whole post-high from Christmas morning and the anticipation of New Year's Eve. Do we take down the decorations or leave them up a while longer? James is on a half-day schedule and the kids don't go back to school until January 5. No schedule. No real routine. It's kinda nice.

We hope everyone had a blessed Christmas. The snow has finally melted and the Seattle rain is back in full effect. We don't have any plans for New Year's Eve; I don't think we've had "plans" since the early 90's. Yesterday we started to talk seriously about our travel plans for 2009.

Originally, we were going to drive down to California, see the Golden Gate Bridge, visit some friends in the Bay Area, and dip our feet in the Pacific Ocean. But now we are thinking about Super Sizing it--all the way to Arizona. (My sister lives there as well as some friends of ours whom we met during our 2nd tour in Germany). It's going to take extreme planning and patience, but James thinks this is something we can totally do. Not doubts from me; we did drive from Oklahoma to Maryland before we moved back overseas.

But then again, we didn't have to drive back...

5 comments:

Mommyof2boys said...

I hope you have fun ringing in the New Year with your family Sharon ! Traveling sounds fun,so I hope wherever you al decide,you will have a fun and safe trip !

We'll be keeping it low key this year and just going to my parents and hanging out but coming back way before midnight ~yawn~
Austin is very cranky if he's not in bed before 7-8pm !

Michele said...

ROAD TRIP!!! It sounds awesome. Can't wait for the video footage and the pics.

I'm pretty sure that with the exception of the Christmas season, summer is my most favorite time of year!

The Sister said...

Are you serious!?! Don't mess with my emotions! Arizona? Nice! I guess now I have a reason to clean up! (Am I officially a blogger now?)

Jamie said...

As long as you still make it to the Bay Area!! We're expecting you :)

Karen the Californian said...

ROAD TRIP!!! I'd love to see you guys! We're real close to I-5...