Belated Christmas gatherings

Because of our ski trip last week, we (obviously) could not gather with any of our extended families to celebrate Christmas.  So, now that we are home from the trip, we've started making up for that.  On Sunday evening, we went to my brother-in-law's home to visit his family.  They had been taking care of our dogs during our trip, so we were greeted at the door by two *very* excited dogs!  My in-laws had hosted a party the night before, so no one felt like cooking, so we ordered Chinese delivery for dinner, which may not be particularly traditional, but was delicious.  Afterwards, we exchanged gifts, and talked about our trips, both the one we had just finished and the other one we have scheduled for later in the winter.  My in-law's gift to my family was an offer to pay for our choice of snowmobile tours while we are in Steamboat Springs.  We just have to look at the selections and let them know which we'd like to do.  I'm leaning towards either the sunset tour or the moonlight tour, both of which include dinner, but I'll have to sit down with my wife and daughter and talk over the choices.

My brother and his family visited our parents for Christmas, and were driving home on Sunday, so yesterday we went to his home in Maryland for dinner.  My brother cooked an incredibly delicious dinner of fish and mussels, which was so good that there were no leftovers at the end of the meal.  We exchanged gifts here as well, small gifts for the kids only, and we played games with his family until it was time to head home.

My daughter and I are headed up to my parents' house on Thursday, to spend a few days visiting them.  Then, next week, we have to get back to our normal schedules of work and school.