Christmas in Seattle

New years weekend we had a good time in Seattle with my family. Dad had been raving about Roman Holiday for awhile now, so it was nice to finally watch it with him. It was definitely a good classic... though Jared won't remember as he slept through most of it. I am pretty sure he was preparing for the squid fishing trip that night. It turned out to be one of the windiest trips yet, which explains why we were the only two people out there. Even with hot drinks, hand warmers. and a minimum of seven layers each, we did not last longer than an hour. It was pretty hard to even get the line to sink and the wind made it impossible to feel what was happening so, needles to say, we did not catch anything.

The next day we opened presents and had family time in the morning and afternoon. That night was a scrumptious "Christmas" dinner with my personal favorite, the sweet potato/yam dish. Yummmm. Then it was back out for more squid fishing, this time with friends Matt and Jannelle. While it was still incredibly cold, the wind was much better and there were quite a few groups on the dock. Jared caught the most of anyone we saw, which was unfortunately only three. The only other person in our group to catch one was Sara, Matt's girlfriend. It turned out perfect since she had never caught one before.

One the way home from Seattle (the next day) we welcomed the new year with the Meeuwses and their annual burning of the Christmas tree. There was coffee, cookies, and plenty of games to last us through the night. Early that morning we made the rest of the drive home to Vancouver.