Holidays at the Homeland(s)

Erica and I spent the holidays back home in Michigan. It was the first holiday season spent as a married couple. We had a great holiday and are very blessed to have such great families and friends. We spent the first part of the break at my families, eating dinner on Christmas Eve. The year brought two new "official" members to the family to dine around the table, Erica being the first, and my sister-in-law, Stacy being the other.



We opened up presents early on Christmas morning, and scurried off to Erica's parents' house. We've become quite skilled at this practice, as this has been the case the last two years. As anyone knows who has to split time between families around the holidays, there is never enough time, and you always feel like you're rushing.

One highlight of being home was we got to meet Chance, my mom and sister and brother-in-law's shih tzu puppy. He is very smart, and becomes restless when you don't play with him enough. He has a hernia, but he can't get it fixed until he's a little older. Chance is quite feisty and lovable at the same time.