Christmas
John and I both enjoyed having my family 
for Christmas weekend...it was the first holiday
we have gotten to host and it was also really nice
not to have to make the drive this year!!
This year was full of rain, hail, more rain and a lot of fun. We opened presents, ate delicious food and played games.
We also were able to go out to the beach with my whole family. I'm actually not sure if we have ever gotten to all go to the ocean together. It was cold but it was a lot of fun.
December 21st was the official day that I had been working at Raintree for 6 months!! This was exciting for a couple reasons but the biggest one is the fact that I now have paid vacation days. I took my first paid day off (EVER) Monday following Christmas. John and I were able to spend the entire day with Josh, Havila and the kids. It was a lot of fun to spend some extra time with them.
New Years
2011 was brought in with some great friends from vet school!! We rented a house in Sun River, OR for the weekend and all just kicked back for once. It was a weekend full of food, games, snow and ice!
We enjoyed games and hot tubbing (only sort of though due to the 500 degree hot tub!!!) the first night, new years eve.
New years day was spent shopping, eating, and ice skating. It was John's first time on the ice and he did great. He only fell once....but I think any of us would have in his situation (he had to either fall on purpose or plow over a little boy). I think he made the right choice even if the little boy was wearing a UW hat!!
Thank you to all our friends and family for making 2010 such a great year!! Now to begin enjoying the new year....the first year of no school for us!!!!
