Adam and Collin joined us for dinner. We had spaghetti and a great red wine.

Mike, Jill, Sunny and I met at our condo to build gingerbread houses! We will have to make a tradition out of this, we had a really fun time. Mike and Jill’s gingerbread house was beautiful, ours barely held together! But it was so much fun!

Sunny and I spent Christmas morning at Laurie and Scott’s house and Christmas evening at my parent’s house. We had a white Christmas! I can’t remember the last white Christmas we had, this was special, our first Christmas together as a married couple is something we will always remember.

Christmas Eve was at Laurie and Scott’s house this year.

Sunny and I had my family over for a Christmas dinner at our condo. Sunny worked really hard, our condo was gorgeous, and dinner was outstanding.

Inches of snow have been dumped over the Pacific Northwest the last few days. Driving to work this morning was part slalom and part roller coaster ride! Later Andre, Bruce, and I took turns shoveling snow.

Sunny and I celebrated Christmas at Ian and Dria’s house. We had a great time, our nephews loved their gifts!

Ruiter family Christmas was at Aunt Alice and Uncle Arvin’s house this year. They had recently remodeled their house and it was beautiful. We had a fun time.

Sunny and I joined Ian and Eric at the Seahawks game. The Seahawks started well, but eventually fell to the Patriots. Fun game!

Sunny and I traveled to Leavenworth with Mike and Jill for the lighting ceremony. We had a great time, the city did not let us down. The condo we stayed in was not far from downtown so we walked. Within Leavenworth we ducked in little shops to look at Christmas ornaments. For the lighting ceremony we ended up on the balcony of our restaurant overlooking the festival. We’re already planning to return next year.

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