Mixed-Up Weather / Holiday Trip

Trip to Texas for Christmas was pretty great. Managed to get there in reasonable time, flight delays in both directions but only a bit. Glad we weren't on Southwest. And the warm weather that followed that cold snap made Dallas quite summery for much of our stay.

Was wonderful to spend Christmas with Julie's family (her parents and sister's family). Plus New Year's and the twin cousins' birthday and Erica's. The twins are three now, and they've definitely grown up strong. They're talking in full sentences, there's so much they're interested in, they're great. Erica had a great time playing with the twins (it's always a delight to see her with younger kids, she really shows a lot of care and patience) and with her cousin Emilia, who she likes and admires so much.

We had some great food, home cooked and out on the town. And we visited the Fort Worth Water Gardens, which was a very cool and unusual park.

January is shaping up to be an exhausting month. Julie had a last-minute work thing this evening, and she's gone for conferences the bulk of next week and the following. I am trying to do some early spring cleaning and more work on optimizing our storage setup.