We were home for the holidays this year. That's nothing new for Thanksgiving, but it was the first time we didn't have anyone over. And we've never been home for Christmas. This year, we were supposed to go to Colorado with Jason's family, but there were too many people and it was going to be too complicated to figure out how to quarantine / get tested. So we Zoomed! 'Tis the season of Zoom (or Google Meet or FaceTime - pick your platform).
We ended up having good family time anyway. Cousin Will and Uncle Joe created a family quiz for Christmas Eve that was really funny and we all made brunch together on Christmas. The kids ate too much sugar and started a dance off. It felt like a typical O'Grady family gathering.
And since we were essentially quarantining at home, we decided it was safe enough to get together with Betsy and Susie and families for a little gift opening session (and our parents on video). Baby John is crawling now, so it was so much fun to see him on the move and trying to get inside every box on the floor.
Molly made shopping easy for me this year. She assembled a bunch of Google docs with links and I just went through and ordered everything on Black Friday. Shipping has been a nightmare this year (we still don't have the Christmas cards that I ordered on Nov 30 and one of Molly's gifts was outright cancelled), but everything else arrived on time and she was SO happy with her loot (LED lights for her room, curlers, slippers, a stylus for her iPad, new robe, makeup - you know, tween stuff).
I gave Jason a set of bourbon glasses to support his new hobby. (Yes, bourbon hunting is a whole thing ... quantities are limited of the good stuff and there's all kinds of strategy involved with finding the rare bottles.) And he supported MY favorite hobby with a new knitting bag that has tons of compartments and a zipper on the top. A big improvement on the overstuffed tote I had been using.
Here are a few pics from our happy holidays:
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| Molly with her homemade pumpkin pie |
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| Thanksgiving selfie ... just the three of us |
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| Staring at the baby |
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| Molly showing off her new makeup set |
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| Molly with her new curlers and a hand-drawn antler on her face |
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| Jason and I feeling festive with our littlest nephew |
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| Riley guarding her new Santa shark toy |
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| Molly posing (the pensive look) in her new hat - hand knit by yours truly |
