Sunday, January 3, 2010

Pic Heavy Holidays

Our holiday trip to Michigan was amazing. We spent so much time just hanging out and laughing with family and friends, from our first day there at Latitudes, to countless nights playing cards around my mom's diningroom table. And, believe it or not, I actually cut a lot of the pictures out of this post . . .

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We set out from VA in Izzy, the Grand Am, with Punky, Tonks, and Sirius in the back seat, and most of the luggage on the roof. Punky and the pups get pretty cozy in that backseat when we go on long trips. Heaven only knows how we’re going to do if we end up with a baby added to the mix.

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We (and by we, I mean MacGyver) drove all night, and the situation in the back seat got even cozier with Punky sleeping on Tonks and Sirius sleeping on Punky. Too cute.

We arrived at Nan’s house a couple days before Christmas. When Uncle Boo moved out, he took all the furniture in what is usually Punky’s room when we’re in MI, but Nan had an awesome idea to fix that!

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Punky’s new campout room, complete with lanterns and air mattress.

We decorated up the Christmas Tree with a box of decorations that, at first glance, looked like a recipe for an awful, kitschy tree. In the end, though, it turned out beautiful, though still a little kitschy because really, who could resist hanging the little “Tree Top” sign we found in the box on top of the tree?

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And, in case anyone is wondering, that is an episode of Friends on the TV. I would hazard to say that any picture in this album that happens to catch the TV will catch a scene from a Friends episode.

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We all settled in to Nan’s house, usually home to Nan and Aunt Scully (my mom and her dog) – “we all” being MacGyver, Punky, me, Sirius and Tonks, Uncle Boo, and his new lab pup, Bubbles, and Uncle Glitter Fairy – 6 or 7 people and four dogs.

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Uncle Boo’s puppy, Bubbles (or Bubba, Bubs, Bob-o, or anything else along those lines), chewing on a beer can. Tres apprapo.

The first presents Christmas morning were matching owl jammies for Punky and me.
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Santa Punky then handed out many more wonderful gifts, including the pair of Heely’s that I think she’d be sleeping in if we’d let her. They’ve barely left her feet since she got them. Now we’re a whole family on wheels.

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Mommy got an awesome new watch.

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Nan got super-cool Marine Corps hoodie.

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So did Punky. She also got a “Moon in my Room” that goes through all the phases of the moon, And a light up solar system. How awesome is her room going to be?

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Uncle Boo got a portable breathalyzer – a very timely gift considering that his amazing and generous sister recently loaned him a significant amount of legal advice and money . . .

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Bubbles ate some wrapping paper.

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And some ribbon.

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MacGyver and I coincidentally got each other the perfect coats.
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Grandpa came bearing candy. Yippee . . .

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All the dogs in the house seemed to believe they were lap dogs, even when it came to the other dogs. For instance, Bubbles taking a nap on top of Aunt Scully.

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 Or Sirius, Tonks, and Bubbles on top of MacGyver and me.  

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This is just too cute.

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And we topped off Christmas Day with Nan’s amazing Sweet and Sour Ribs and a hysterical game of Guesstures.

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