Home for Christmas

On New Year's Eve, we celebrated our own Christmas at home. This is the first time in five years we actually got to use our tree to put presents under. John had to work that morning, so the girls patiently waited. . .and waited until afternoon to open presents.















Here's what we look like celebrating New Year's on the other side of the country.



On New Year's Day we had a fire and watched the New Year's concert from Vienna on PBS: something I've done since as long as I can remember, and something my Mom has done as long as she can remember.



The girls dancing to the concert.



And Charlie sleeping in his favorite spot for one of the last times.





Charlie being smothered by snuggies.





A Happy New Year.