Holidays with the Family

Bucky and Holly came into town from San Diego Friday night. We had a good weekend together. They came up and spent the night Sunday night. We drank some spirits and played some cards. It was really fun. I spent Monday and Tuesday night down at mom and dad's. We always open presents on christmas eve. Jim had to work, so we waited until he came down to begin the festivities.

We lounged around christmas day. I was feeling a bit icky. Dad, Bucky, and Holly went up to Portland to go to Powell's books. I thought it was crazy, but they are open 365 days a week. Mom and I rested up for the big after christmas shopping. Jim came down and we had our official christmas dinner that evening. Bucky and I started to go to Spirit Mountain Casino christmas night, but the roads had been wet all day, and it had turned to ice. We were bummed... nothing like gambling on christmas!

We got up early on Wednesday to join the madness. We concentrated on the outlet mall, which was a good call. We shopped for 3 hours straight and came home with my trunk stuffed to capacity with our purchases. There was a big threat of snow for Thursday, and Bucky and Holly were afraid that they would not be able to get to the airport from McMinnville if it snowed, so I took them up to stay at a hotel by the airport. We had a great visit, and I was so happy they got to come up for christmas.