Happy New Year 2004!

Hey - where have I been? :)

We returned very late last night (1:00am) from our trip to Colonial Williamsburg, VA. It was a big family vacation - Dick and I traveled with my parents (flew from Oakland, to Washington Dulles), then drove to Williamsburg to meet his family. (Dick's Father, his sister Kathy, and her daughter Adrianne, and Dick's younger sister, Meg, her husband, Jeff, and their two kids, Peter & Grace) Adrianne's roommate from college also went with us, so we were a party of 12!

It was a really nice trip. We were so lucky that the weather was clear the whole time, and not too cold at all! Dick and I had a very leisurely schedule - usually slept in, had breakfast/lunch, walked around for a few hours, back to the hotel for a nap, then met up with everyone in the evenings for dinner. Yep, we were pretty relaxed after several days with that schedule!

I was really happy that everyone traveled so well together - 12 people! It was really nice that each family kept their own schedule, meeting up with anyone/everyone at any point, and having dinners together nightly. I should also point out that it was the first time that my parents had a chance to meet Dick's family. They had only had a chance to meet his neice, Adrianne, a few months ago.

We were there from Friday, December 26th through yesterday, Thursday, January 1st. I brought my computer with me, but really didn't use it much - although I love to watch movies on it while on the plane! I only connected to the internet once (!) the whole week. I think that may be a record for me! Anyhow, that should explain my lack of blogging....

We all celebrated New Year's Eve by having dinner together, then gathering at my parent's time-share condo. Dick's family taught us how to play Pinnacle.

I was the only adult who hadn't been to Colonial Williamsburg before - it was a lot of fun! Somehow, we spent 5 days there, and one day in Jamestown, and we still didn't manage to see everything (see: leisurely schedule above).

So, that's the scoop. I should probably write more details about it, but I'm pretty tired now. I'm sure I'll come up with funny stories to share later!

We had a great time, but we're happy to be home again. It's so nice to come home to two very happy kitties!