Thursday, December 30
Merry Christmas and God Jul
California was great! What else could it be? The day after I got there it was almost 70 (that's 20 for the celsius people) and just beautiful. We (my brother, Kim and I) went to a good American breakfast with Matt & Cynthia. The sun was shining, people were out walking around enjoying the beautiful morning ... it was great. Then we went on a little nature hike that afternoon. Here's my favorite picture from that.
I then spent some quality time at my parents home watching all the taped shows they had saved for me. Nothing like sitting in front of the TV for two days to make a person relax :) I also, I have to say I am very excited about the direction that West Wing is headed! Oh, I got a quick chance to do dinner with Nate, Kristy and Karna ... always good to see them and have some yummy Mexican food.
Then the festivities began. My mom and I went and saw the musical White Christmas in San Francisco. It was so good, although both of us keep comparing to the movie which is pretty funny. We then meet up with Chris and Sven (he had just flow-in) did a little shopping, had dinner and headed back to Sebastopol. For Christmas eve Chris made a wonderful dinner and we all enjoyed being home. On the big day we all were pleasantly happy with our gifts and as always everyone came over for the big dinner. This year Chris was in charge of the BBQ so everything was done early (usually it's late, very late when my dad and Brad do it), which stressed my mom because Steph was home sick so she had to try and pull everything else together. But all went very well and dinner was lovely.
The day after we played cards and relaxed. On Monday we went to Healdsburg where Sven was able to get his favorite hamburger then we walked around in the rain. Tuesday is the way the day before you head back always is; filled with all the stuff you were supposed to do while you were there for 10 days. But we did get most everything done and that was great.
On the day we flew out we went early and stopped in Sausalito. It was a beautiful day to walk along the water and look at SF as the clouds were clearing. I got some great pictures on my new camera. You can check them out by going to our picture gallery.
It was a wonderful trip and a nice chance for me to feel refreshed headed back to Sweden :)
I then spent some quality time at my parents home watching all the taped shows they had saved for me. Nothing like sitting in front of the TV for two days to make a person relax :) I also, I have to say I am very excited about the direction that West Wing is headed! Oh, I got a quick chance to do dinner with Nate, Kristy and Karna ... always good to see them and have some yummy Mexican food.
Then the festivities began. My mom and I went and saw the musical White Christmas in San Francisco. It was so good, although both of us keep comparing to the movie which is pretty funny. We then meet up with Chris and Sven (he had just flow-in) did a little shopping, had dinner and headed back to Sebastopol. For Christmas eve Chris made a wonderful dinner and we all enjoyed being home. On the big day we all were pleasantly happy with our gifts and as always everyone came over for the big dinner. This year Chris was in charge of the BBQ so everything was done early (usually it's late, very late when my dad and Brad do it), which stressed my mom because Steph was home sick so she had to try and pull everything else together. But all went very well and dinner was lovely.
The day after we played cards and relaxed. On Monday we went to Healdsburg where Sven was able to get his favorite hamburger then we walked around in the rain. Tuesday is the way the day before you head back always is; filled with all the stuff you were supposed to do while you were there for 10 days. But we did get most everything done and that was great.
On the day we flew out we went early and stopped in Sausalito. It was a beautiful day to walk along the water and look at SF as the clouds were clearing. I got some great pictures on my new camera. You can check them out by going to our picture gallery.
It was a wonderful trip and a nice chance for me to feel refreshed headed back to Sweden :)
# posted by Nicole @ Thursday, December 30, 2004 
