NellBen, Sit right here!
That's right -- much like J. Lo and Ben Affleck, we too have developed a new nickname, courtesy of our three-year-old nephew Lucas.
Lucas is by far my favorite nephew and is definitely a lot of fun to be around. Spending time with Lucas and the rest of my family was the highlight of the trip. One of his favorite things to do was to sit and watch the Christmas tree, especially when the lights were on. He would drag you in the living room, tell you exactly where to sit (and you better not move!) and then we would just watch the tree. He loved sitting there and looking at all the ormaments on the pristmas tree (we're still working on some of those sounds)That is -- until Santa Plaus came down the pireplace bringing a choo choo train, a few green teddy bears, and of course, a stuffed Bambi.
In the days after Christmas, we spent some time with some old high school friends -- Michele and Ashby from Westside -- and Amanda and Dave, our most recently married friends. And, we spent plenty of time shopping, being lazy and playing with Lucas' very cool new train set.
Since things at the Walter compound were a little crowded over the holidays, Ben and I stayed at the Embassy Suites -- only about a mile or two away from home. I learned something very important about Ben this trip -- he gets very excited about free breakfast! The hotel offered a free cooked-to-order breakfast every morning for hotel guests, and Ben made sure we didn't miss it! (Except for the morning when mom made us some very delicious chocolate chip pancakes.)
Overall, the hotel was very nice -- I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to visit good ol' Beaverton. However, we did notice something mildly annoying but still pretty comical. Apparently in Beaverton, a Ford Expedition counts as a compact car. And here I was feeling guilty about parking the camry in a compact space. No door dings on mom's car! In the hotel parking lot alone, we saw about 10 trucks, SUVs, and vans taking two spaces to park -- and not necessarily intentionally. These people are just lousy parkers too lazy to readjust.
Our trip back wasn't as fun as the trip out -- no free business class upgrade. But we did manage to take a bump and get a free roundtrip ticket each. All we had to do was spend a little extra time in the airport. And we finally got to see the wonderful film, "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement." It's one of Ben's new favorites.
So after a long vacation, we finally went back to work today. It was hard to get back into the swing of things -- and we already miss sleeping in. It's supposed to snow all night tonight and all day tomorrow -- maybe we'll get lucky and get a snow day!
Lucas is by far my favorite nephew and is definitely a lot of fun to be around. Spending time with Lucas and the rest of my family was the highlight of the trip. One of his favorite things to do was to sit and watch the Christmas tree, especially when the lights were on. He would drag you in the living room, tell you exactly where to sit (and you better not move!) and then we would just watch the tree. He loved sitting there and looking at all the ormaments on the pristmas tree (we're still working on some of those sounds)That is -- until Santa Plaus came down the pireplace bringing a choo choo train, a few green teddy bears, and of course, a stuffed Bambi.
In the days after Christmas, we spent some time with some old high school friends -- Michele and Ashby from Westside -- and Amanda and Dave, our most recently married friends. And, we spent plenty of time shopping, being lazy and playing with Lucas' very cool new train set.
Since things at the Walter compound were a little crowded over the holidays, Ben and I stayed at the Embassy Suites -- only about a mile or two away from home. I learned something very important about Ben this trip -- he gets very excited about free breakfast! The hotel offered a free cooked-to-order breakfast every morning for hotel guests, and Ben made sure we didn't miss it! (Except for the morning when mom made us some very delicious chocolate chip pancakes.)
Overall, the hotel was very nice -- I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to visit good ol' Beaverton. However, we did notice something mildly annoying but still pretty comical. Apparently in Beaverton, a Ford Expedition counts as a compact car. And here I was feeling guilty about parking the camry in a compact space. No door dings on mom's car! In the hotel parking lot alone, we saw about 10 trucks, SUVs, and vans taking two spaces to park -- and not necessarily intentionally. These people are just lousy parkers too lazy to readjust.
Our trip back wasn't as fun as the trip out -- no free business class upgrade. But we did manage to take a bump and get a free roundtrip ticket each. All we had to do was spend a little extra time in the airport. And we finally got to see the wonderful film, "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement." It's one of Ben's new favorites.
So after a long vacation, we finally went back to work today. It was hard to get back into the swing of things -- and we already miss sleeping in. It's supposed to snow all night tonight and all day tomorrow -- maybe we'll get lucky and get a snow day!
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