Dana finished her fall teaching semester yesterday, so we are packing up now, getting ready to visit family for Christmas.
First, we're going to Denver today to see Dana's family and celebrate Christmas with them. Her Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Jerry are visiting from Minneapolis, so it will be a crowded house... which I assure you from Christmases past makes the holiday so much better.
Monday we fly out of DIA to LAX. We're spending 8 days in L.A. with my side of the family (12/21-12/29). Dana is really excited to see everyone, considering she wasn't able to join me on the business trip on October. In fact, she's been counting down the days, which I think is really sweet of her.
Dana and I opened our stockings to each other yesterday, since we could probably use some of the gifts to pack up for our trip. She gave me the Blu-Ray version of Taken. I haven't seen that movie yet, but I've been wanting to. It always seems to be delayed on Netflix. I also got some awesome gel pens and stuff for my office.
We just finished mailing our Christmas cards. I tried to mail them out to everyone who gave me their address. If you didn't get one, here is a digital copy:
It says "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Stay warm this Christmas! Aaron and Dana DeVandry"
The photo was taken during the first snowfall of the season, which essentially is the first snow we've experienced at our new home. If you look closely, you can see snow falling. In hindsight, I'm glad I wore a big dark jacket to contrast against the snowflakes, or else people would be wondering why we're standing outside in front of a white fence with nothing going on.
