What a fun holiday it's been! It started Thursday with a neighborhood holiday party. Even though I'm out walking the dogs all the time, we really don't meet a lot of people in our hood. It was so much fun. The next night, we met our roommates from our trip to Portugal in May, Alex and Melissa, in Cedarburg. They were in town for a couple days visiting their families. I'm so glad they still have Wisconsin roots. They are fantastic.
Everything was going so well until Christmas Eve. When our power went on and off and only 20% of our power was restored. WE Energies came out and didn't find anything. Let me just say, finding an electrician on Christmas Eve. is no easy feat. Brian ended up calling four different companies and not one has called back, even today. It was only 6 degrees outside and the thermostats weren't working, so he ended up staying behind, while the boys and I went to Grandma's house in Racine. We really missed him but our brother-in-law ended up totally saving the day. He got on the phone with one of his emergency connections and by the time the boys and I were back home, Brian was eating Chinese food, drinking a Manhattan and watching Elf -- with the electrical restored. Matt was definitely our hero this season.
Fortunately, Christmas went without a hitch. Van had to wait patiently for the boys to wake up, but we had a really great morning. That afternoon we went over to my parents. Missing was Jacob who was in St. Louis with his girlfriend. But we gained Maia's boyfriend, two of Luis's kids and Christie's French Bulldog. It was a very fun day. I know so many people who had flights cancelled or came down with some sort of sickness. I was just so thankful we were all healthy and could be together for most of it.
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