Christmas with the D's: Part 1

Of course I have a ton of photos to share, and of course I'm spreading this post over a few days. Here we go -

We arrived back at my mom and dad's on Thursday night. It was a clear and uneventful drive for us for once which was really nice. Well, other than Chester whining almost the entire time. I don't know why he hates car rides so much. He goes on them often enough.

The rare photo of my dad holding Chester

That night we just relaxed at home. Adam and I dropped his car off to get remote start put in Friday morning and we also picked up some supplies at the grocery store. Adam loves his New Glarus Brewery products! I made some cookies including Adam's favorite wreath cookies. They were more like wreath blobs though as I didn't spread them fast enough. Oh well. They still tasted good.

On Friday, Adam and my dad went ice fishing. Mom, Stine and I cut out sugar cookies. Then, I met my friend Laura for lunch at Ciatti's which was really nice. Of course I forgot my gift for her at my parents house and didn't realize it until I was almost there when my mom called me. UGH! After, I did a little shopping. Unlucky for me, a few quick errands turned into a long event as the traffic at the mall was crazy and it was snowing heavily.

Back at home, we decorated Christmas cutouts.

Can you tell which ones I decorated?!

Decorating cookies with Stine

When Dad and Adam got home, Dad and I ran to go pick up Adam's car before the shop closed. Then we quick went home, changed, and went to dinner at The Waterfront. The food and service weren't as amazing as when we were last there in July, but it was still really good.

Dinner at The Waterfront

Later, Adam and I met Joe downtown for what has become our ritual of pints at Dublin Square and Bloody Mary's at Del's. Yum! I was so tired that we didn't stay out very long. I must be getting old!

I took this photo, thank you

Next up: Christmas Eve