Our Tumbleweed Holiday

This holiday was pretty unconventional. We usually do the tree/presents/Christmas morning type holiday but because we have an almost empty house, it didn't seem appropriate to go all out for Christmas. I kind of missed it, but next year when we are settled and not in the middle of moving 2400 miles, we will go all out for Christmas. I didn't really celebrate Christmas growing up after my parents divorced, so I absolutely love it now. I love everything about it. Especially giving presents. I'll do a blog post tomorrow about our presents, they were pretty good this year! We just didn't wrap them or anything. Ha!

So, this year, we were so lucky to have Doug's Dad and Stepmom and her sister and husband come visit us for the holidays. It was really special having family in town and getting to play tourists for a few days. We ate so much food and went to all the cool spots in town, including the cliffs, our favorite place to take visitors. I shot this super short little video, and think it's pretty magical to look at...

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We did a lot of eating out this past weekend. Probably for the best since we don't have anything to eat in our house except Ramen and left over pizza, and all of our dishes are packed away. It was pretty neat going to the San Diego staple restaurants before we moved. If you are ever in San Diego, make sure you visit Phil's BBQ, Tower Two, The Fish Market and Anthony's Fish Grotto and The Waffle Spot at Kings Inn.

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We went to the Maritime Museum and the Midway Museum while the family was in town and we got to take a little boat tour of the bay, visit ships and subs, and go on the Midway Aircraft ship.

It was really a wonderful few days. We didn't do any work, we ate A LOT of good food, and on Sunday, Doug and I spent Christmas together going to the movie theater, our yearly tradition, and eating cheese pizza and pumpkin pie in bed. I learned my first song on my new violin (Doug's Christmas present to me, more on that later) and we had such a relaxing weekend, I feel so refreshed and ready to get really busy moving/cleaning and filling the last of this years orders.

How were your holidays? Tell me all about them! I loved reading about your Hopes/dreams/goals for 2012 in my last post. Hope you have a great Monday! I'll be back tomorrow, or later today with photos of my new violin! :)

xo,

Beca