Just a few hours off the plane, here's Brett sporting a select Chinese gift!
Meeting friends- old and new- for breakfast, for coffee, for lunch or for drinks...our schedule filled up so quickly!
Christmas day found Tommy teaching Brett to play Big Game Hunter on Wii. I look on fearful of the mountain lions said to surprise players. Note the rabbit fur lined cap and snuggie. (See bonus snuggie photo below).
Christmas dinner always involves the time honored Castle-tradition Table Gifts! But this year, dad added to the fun with a little Woot.com joy. Tommy, Vanessa, Brett and I unwrapped dozens of DVDs. Brett and I intend to share this cornucopia of B rated favorites with our fellow Hong Kongers.
Out to dinner with mom and dad and Brett before seeing "White Christmas!"
Our family New Year's card photo- taken (miraculously?) before we all left for Christmas Eve church.
Dad was able to set the camera on a timer, so the rest of us- in true "family Christmas card photo-taking drama" fashion, shouted our opinions all too willingly. But when that camera snapped, w all looked pretty happy, huh? Honestly, as I look at this photo again, I'm once again amazed that all of us, stretched from Hong Kong to Boston, were able to share the holiday together.
In short, Brett and I are loving our experiences in Hong Kong, but being home for Christmas made us feel further away from home. We can't wait to go back and enjoy the northwest- and more important, our proximity to all of you! :) We love and miss you already.
Bonus photo: "Snuggies Rock!"
