Classical Christmas

A belated Merry Christmas to you all!!! It's been a crazy 3 days for us, but all in all the Christmas holiday weekend went pretty well, the kids got a lot of good stuff. T got some boxing gloves and a bag from his uncle, aka my little brother. That was sort of unexpected and unneeded, but he loves his Pow Gloves so it's ok for the moment. My parents got us the best gift, a GPS unit. It's spectacular because when we go on these vacations, navigation isn't usually our strongest point.

We were heading up to Yosemite trying to go what we thought was a quicker route. We were heading up Hwy 4 towards Angel's Camp passing Copperopolis (great city name) and needed to turn right on O'Byrne's Ferry Road. I asked my lovely wife what road we were looking for, and she told me we were searching for O'Bryant Ferry Road. So when we passed O'Byrne's Ferry Road, we figured we must be getting close, as O'Byrne's Ferry seemed very similar to the O'Bryant Ferry we'd read about in our Mapquest directions. So after a 45ish minute detour, we found our way back to the road we were searching for, we ended up going all the way around three towns (which is a big trip when they're not next to each other) and finding the other side of O'Byrne's Ferry road. It probably would have taken about 15 minutes to take that, the correct, road.

So the GPS will be spectacular, we'll be able to just go where we want without worrying about our subpar navigational skillz. My plan now is just to fill up the tank with gas, then drive almost half of it out, and turn around, and tell it to get me home. That should be fun. I don't know where I'd end up or how it will bring me back, but I know it will find me the quickest route if I so desire.

E also got a mini-kitchen, which I'm sure has nothing to do with her being female and having a life in the kitchen ahead of her. It's probably more because my wife always wanted one for herself when she was little, and has talked her mom into buying this one for our daughter. It still hasn't been assembled because she's not sure where she wants it to go. I can't wait. She's also received a bunch of fake food, but some of the cans and boxes are name-brand. She has little cans of Green Giant green beans. She got a box of Hamburger Helper, some Duncan Hines cake mix, and some other stuff that I can't remember right now.

And so for a look of things to come, I took over 100 pictures of my in-laws crazy Disney fetish in their house, and will be posting some of these photos over the next few days at random. I know some of you have heard the tales of this house, but still don't understand just how nutty it is. Be prepared folks, be prepared.