Back to blogging - for now

My New Years resolution was to get off fb - which I did - but most of you know I have a lot of words that I need to get out so I figured I'd pick up the blog again. Actually, I'm not off fb yet - I had to submit a request to cancel my account and once that was submitted, then it will take until the 23rd of January to be deleted. It's worse than the DMV and the mob.

So, most of you know that I surprised my family by going home for a quick trip to the states for Christmas. If I didn't get to see you, I'm sorry and would have love to, but it was super quick.

My flight came in about 15 minutes before my sister's and my dad had planned a few surprises. He surprised the fam by renting an SUV limo for the whole fam to head down to the airport. Then he surprised Amy by having the whole fam down there. then, I may have 'one-upped' his surprises by surprising everyone. Amy knew I was coming in. It was so much fun to actually pull it off especially because I'm the worst secret keeper - ever.

After all the shock and being frightened of me wore off, we all pile into the limo and drove through the city to see the Christmas lights. Then we spent the night at mom and dads, woke up, had breakfast, went for a hike in the freshly fallen snow, watched the Ravens win, and went to Uncle Jerry's for more hanging out and pizza. It was pretty close to perfect - except for the stomach bug that went around.

I wrote a lot about that first day because it was so magical that none of us took about pictures. I do have pictures and will post them as soon as I get home from work. Right now I'm busy at the Salvation Army sending emails and writing a blog.