New Year's Eve 2014

Happy New Years!

Hope everyone had a joyous end to 2014 and a fabulous beginning to 2015.

I was speaking with my grandmother about how lucky our family is that even though we are all spaced out throughout the world we always know we are loved and thought about during the year. Every family has their own drama but I think ours is pretty lucky that we missed out on more serious dramas so far.

The holidays bring memories of days past and of people we love.  It is a wonderful part of the year and we are glad we are able to keep in touch with our family and extended family throughout the year.

This holiday season Joseph and I kept things low key with delicious food.

This Thanksgiving saw us eating the first turkey we have eaten since arriving in Korea and it was every bit as tender and juicy as it should have been.

We celebrated Turkey Day with our good friends Tiffany, Brian, Lee Ann, and Steven. We set up in our apartment and had as much of a traditional American Thanksgiving as possible. Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, roast veggies, home made rolls with butter, and Costco pumpkin pie with home made whip cream.

Kate was unable to come because of various commitments she had going on.

Christmas brought us some nice gifts from Santa, family, and friends: baby clothes, coffee, undergarments, and many well wishes. Not much was under our tree this year but it isn't about gifts anyway. Our biggest and best gift is still currently on its way and we could not be more excited.

We did splurge a bit on some foreign food for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and enjoyed it a lot.

Last night, New Years Eve, was very nice. I found some things that looked interesting on Pinterest so we decided to try it. We blew up a few balloons and put an activity inside each one written on a piece of paper. On the outside of the balloon we wrote a time to be 'opened.' At the appropriate time the balloon was popped and the activity completed.  From balloon tennis to eating a doughnut off a string without using your hands to making coconut shrimp were just a few of the things we did. It was a lot of fun and something else we wanted to try out for when the baby is a little older. 

It. Was. Soooo. Cold!

New Years Day is now and we tried our hand at making sourdough bread for the first time. It didn't turn out, it is hard as a rock but has excellent flavor; however, that makes no difference to us.
We had a fun time doing it together. Note to self: making sourdough bread is HARD and takes a lot of patience.

Add a little more splurging on some yummy foreign food we don't eat much of often and we are having another food day at home staying warm in our apartment away from the 20 degree weather outside.  Listening to music, eating, cleaning up most of our Christmas decorations and getting out the carry on suitcase to begin packing the hospital bag for when it is time, and more eating.

Happy New Year to everyone we love both near and far.