I had a great time with my daughter Marianne over Christmas, the problem was I got so many cute pics it was really hard to check them all and make a selection. Thus the delay.
The trip was short – about a week – but it was exciting with Danny (19 months) and Mikey (2 months). It was the first time for me to see the latest arrival, oh boy, he was soooooo cute.

OK, he was producing lots of greenhouse gases but that he was excused. Danny was fun, exploring everything he could (and shouldn’t) and showed truck driving skills.
Marianne’s husband Mike is doing a great job in the balancing act of taking care of his two sons plus a laptop. His parents came over and we stuffed ourselves to maximum levels with turkey, all the goodies, Belgian beer, Bourbon and the rest. Still trying to get my weight back to normal.

Now that United has got the direct flight Beijing – Dulles, the next trip will be even better – just 14 hours and no (horrible) stopovers in San Francisco.

There were lots of presents – never seen that many in my life. Marianne really “got” me with surprises… a calendar with pics of the kids and the PowerBall, my new toy and exercise for the arms. Pity the Bourbon was just one bottle, didn’t take long but helped to overcome jetlag.