I hope everyone is starting the new year happy and healthy. Ryan and I rang it in by having his parents over yesterday. His mom made a chicken tetrazzini casserole and boy was it good. They also brought our Christmas presents over. Lots of goodies from his mom's gift shop (scone mix, seasonings, delicious tea that we opened last night, some pasta) and some gift cards to our favorite places. One of our favorite gifts is a cookbook full of recipes from south America. It was nice to have them over for the evening, and we are looking forward to seeing them again in a few weeks. *edit - we've made several of the recipes from the book - delicious!
The holidays were fun this year. The whole family was together on Christmas, and the food was delicious. My mom and Greg made beef tenderloin and it had to be in at least the top 3 best Christmas meals in our family's history! Christmas morning my mom and Greg gave us some awesome PJs - rock climbing ones for Ry and dancing for me. Lots of other gifts that we are enjoying too.
Unfortunately my dad had to spend another Christmas in the hospital. We paid him a visit and exchanged some gifts, and now he is in a skilled nursing facility.
I should try to post about our Ecuador trip, but we all know how blogging about Vietnam turned out! Many pics are on facebook, and I'll try to get some on here soon :)
