Christmas in Washington

Family.
Good food.
Snow.
Cold.
Great Beer.
Fantastic presents.
It's Christmas in Washington. Isom's sister and her family hosted this year's Griswold Christmas adventure (world's worst airline and flight, lost rental car reservation, dog gets into stocking and eats pounds of chocolate). And since we wanted Gabe to see snow and family this Christmas, it worked out just great. A week with The Ohumukini's was spent shopping, eating,
Wii-ing, beering,movie-ing, visiting, relaxing. We missed out on seeing a few friends...it's hard to squeeze it all in. But we did enjoy Christmas eve with the Zukowski side of the family (Christmas lights tour), Christmas dinner at Shari's (marionberry pie!),Steamboat Island night of cocktails(deer everywhere), Mt. Rainier road trip (four boys, one car, 8 hours, endless snow). Enjoy the photos from the past week's adventures. You can also check out more on my Facebook page.

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