Holiday Hiatus

Christmas with Bono

What a jam packed month of December! J and I celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah so from November 26th to January 1st it is party, party, party! Add a good friend's out-of-state wedding in there and our celebrate-o-meters were about to combust! I thouroughly enjoyed this holiday season (not always my favorite time of year since I lost my little brother) but this year I jumped into Christmas head-on leaving no tradition untouched. Cookie exchanges, holiday plays, decorations, homeade cards, gifting the perfect presents, and much, much more. But what was my favorite holiday memory of 2009? Hands down- giving my parents their Christmas gift. What could we possibly have given them to make such a memorable moment you ask? U2 tickets! My family has a great love for Bono and U2, we love all the songs- ecspecially from the Joshua Tree album. When I found out they were coming to our area, I called my brother and immediately we began making arrangements. Fast foreward 4 weeks later to my parents opening their gifts. They are unwrapping their presents, but neither have their reading glasses on, U2 tickets ?!? my day exclaims. Immediately my mother leaps up and starts shouting for joy. It is then when I proclaim that all 6 of us our attending that I too am leaping around with excitement. My dad later tells us that he couldn't read U2- he was just guessing. I am so glad he guessed right. What a buzzkill if they were really tickets for Shakespear in the Park. This brings me one step closer to my lifetime goal of meeting the Dublin Prince (I made that up- nice huh?)

Happy Anniversay

In keeping with celebrations, I must mention that J and I just celebrated our first wedding anniversary! It was perfect. J woke me up with breakfast in bed ( my favorite! ) and red roses. We then put on our Vikings Jerseys and cheered on our hometeam. We were also able to eat the top of our wedding cake. It was still delicious. It is crazy how the taste of something can bring back memories. We then finished out the evening with dinner at Maggiano's and a movie. To be continued ...