Christmas in our first house

At the very end of November, we bought a house here in Fairfield. We spent a few months this summer looking at houses (in this crazy market), but were lucky enough to find the one we wanted in the right neighbourhood and price in the beginning of September. This triggered the second move in two years at Christmas time. At the same time, as mentioned in the last post, my parents were also moving and actually moving into the apartment we were leaving! So, we had a stressful time logistically managing getting all of our stuff out while getting their stuff in (before they arrived since they were driving cross country again). Somehow, between working full time, we managed to get everything done and settled enough to host Christmas at our new house. We even had Katya come visit for a few days before Christmas! With my parents nearby, my brother visited for the holiday period, staying with us. This is the first time we've all been together for this time of year since maybe 2016? 

We are really enjoying this new house (even with the broken dishwasher and the fix-ups we've had to do -- more on that later) and after 8 years, we can finally get back to the original title of this blog. :)