Changing Times, Good Times

Christmas?  Hmmm . . . hmmm . . .
Not sure anymore what this holiday means to me.  I have to admit that when you're all grown up and you live in a studio in manhattan and have no room for a tree and you can't afford to fly to see your in laws in California AND you're too exhausted from traveling for work to drive 6 hours to your own parents house . . . Christmas does manage to lose a little bit of its luster.
On the brighter side of things we did spend christmas eve with our dear dear friends Ryan and Sara at their home in Connecticut, which was beyond fabulous as always.  And on Christmas day we went from their to see my aunt, uncle, grandma, and cousins in New Jersey.  Which also helped bring back that warm fuzzy feeling.  Unfortunately a tickle in my throat friday turned into a full blown head sinus something or other and fever by saturday afternoon, thus becoming the second year in a row I've been sick on Christmas.  Boooo!
Anyways, moral of the story is, we ended up having a great time, but it was all over far too quickly, and I was only feeing well enough to be creative with my camera for the first bit in Connecticut.
So a special thanks and much love to Aunt Ceci for documenting the occasion in Jersey for all of us.  And a huge hug to all of our hosts this weekend for bringing us into their homes and being such an essential and beautiful part of our lives.  Happy Christmas!!!

 

(Look a picture of ME! courtesy of my husby)

                                              

(Thanks for taking over my camera for a hot minute Ryan!)

                                   

(beautiful friends who truly are family)

And here are very treasured pictures of me with my new jersey family courtesy of my Aunt Ceci

(thanks for emailing grandma):

(thanks for getting one of me and the girls Uncle Tom)