Dallas

John and I are currently in Dallas for Christmas. We have been so busy lately, but it's been really fun to not think about work for a week or two.

Christmas Eve we went over to my Mom's house where we ate lunch and then exchanged presents. Mom really liked the presents that we got her (a book of cat pictures with funny captions and the whole Firefly series on DVD), which I was very happy about.

Then we went to my Dad's place, where we had Christmas dinner and then stayed the night so that we could open presents with Kim on Christmas morning. It was really kind of sad because she has wanted a play kitchen since October, which for a two year old is a very long time. So, every one in the family knew that she was going to get one, so they sent her all of these things that would be put in a play kitchen. Each time she opened one, someone would say "Oh Kim, wouldn't it be cool to put that in your play kitchen...too bad you don't have one." She finally started to look very unhappy about the fact that Santa had not brought her a play kitchen, so we finally let her go in her room, where (tada!) the play kitchen was set up. And, in Kim's own words, she was "very happy, because it was the only thing I ever wanted in the whole world." It was very cute.

Then we drove some more, this time to Dallas, to spend Christmas evening with John's family. So that's where we have been for the last day and a half. We've been hanging out mostly with John's friends from high school, which has been pretty fun. They're pretty crazy, all in their own unique ways.

By the way, Sweeney Todd really sucks.