The Holiday Season

How lucky were we this year? For our first Christmas as a family, we started the holiday out with Jared's parents over for a visit and my brother was able to spend several weeks with us in December and January. It was fantastic!

Here's Finn meeting Santa Claus for the first time:

Jared flew up to the mainland to visit with Kyle in Tokyo before heading back to Okinawa and Finn and I enjoyed our weekend alone.

We spent Christmas Eve with our Jewpanese friends, Paul and Saori.

No matter where you are in the world, at midnight the stockings are hung by the chimney (facsimile) with care and there are hopes that Saint Nicholas soon will be there! Actually, I snapped this right after the Big Guy headed off for Taiwan...