Merry Christmas!!!

Hey everyone!

Well Christmas has past, and we are back to school! Our first Christmas together was different without having our families around, but we still had a wonderful time.

On Christmas Eve we had some friends ove for a pork BBQ. We got this great little BBQ from one of our friends here, so we set it up in our laudry room/ sun room/ breakfast nook/ balcony area and Christian went to work! The meal was great! We played cards, listened to Christmas music, and feasted on cheesecake...a definite rarity here. The 25th was spent rather lazily. Christian and I exchanged gifts and munched on tangerines and chocolate all morning. I can tell you buying Christmas gifts, particularly clothing, for Christian here was near to impossible...but I managed to find a nice big wooly hoodie for him! And of course he spoiled me. I have the most gorgeous bouquet of roses, lilies and these huge white flowers in my kitchen.

Anyways, we ended up venturing to the Hyatt beach in the afternoon of the 25th. With the sun still high in the sky we threw the disk around, built a fire, and then Christian and Matt ventured into the ocean! Those crazy men! After 15 minutes in the water they came out ather blue, but with huge smiles! How many people can say they went swimming in the Pacific Ocean on Christmas Day?

Though we are back to the good ol' schedule at work we had a fantastic relaxing weekend! We hope you all had great holidays.

We love you and miss you!
Karina and Christian