It Comes Around

Spending so much time with my family for the holidays brought to mind how everything comes back around in time. Consider your parents for a moment.

When we are first born and growing, we rush to them all the time. They are the center of our world, and we look to learn all we can from them.

When we reach our teenage years, we pull away. They become something we put up with and we are absolutely convinced they have no idea what they are talking about.

When we leave for college or a job or our first apartment, our independence really kicks into high gear. We never call enough, and we feel like they can't possibly understand what we are going through so we don't share ourselves completely.

At some point, we realize just because they are our parents doesn't mean we can't enjoy their company as adults. The conversations improve.

Then one day, you see your parents with new eyes. Maybe it was an illness or just a conversation, but they revert to being the adorable people we loved so much as children. You want to just hug them all up, take care of them, give them the happiness in the life they carved out for you.

Of course, this could just be me. My parents are so freakin' cute.

Christmas Party

Tonight I got to spend some time with my family at a Christmas party. One of my sisters and her family recently moved to another state and not having them around was a little weird. But my mom and dad stayed for quite a while which was cool.

My family has their quirks just like every family I suppose. The most notable from this evening is how loud we are. Everybody talking loud and making all sorts of noise. It was one part chaos and two parts mayhem.

Following our tradition, I took some cousins out for a movie and we saw "Unaccompanied Minors" which was actually pretty funny. A ridiculously cheesy ending, but a very hilarious romp until that part so it was easily overlooked. Lewis Black, one my favorite comedians, played with gusto and verve as was to be expected.

And by the way, big Congrats to my friend Dusty who just got engaged.

Turkey Pictures

Okay, so there are no pictures of actual turkeys (unless you count my cousin), but I thought I'd let everyone know that the new pics from Thanksgiving have finally been uploaded.  Take a peek here when you get a chance.

Get off my back, I've been a little busy.

In other news, I got to have a great dinner with my Mom because we happened to be traveling in the same general vicinity.  That was a very nice treat.

Have you taken your mom to dinner lately?

My Babies Are Back!

My babies have been out of the country in Costa Rica for the last month.  This has made for a very tedious month for me.  Now that they are back, there is light in the world again.  Hearing their happy voices so anxious to tell me about their wonderful adventures just lifted me so far out of the muck.  I can't wait for tonight to spend some much needed time with them.

Baby Bianca

My little niece is the cutest.