After dropping my mom off at the airport we made a quick run to PriceSmart (think Costco) then headed off for home. We ended up having dinner with Isue and karoy's family at Isue's parent's home. We had a few glasses of wine with some appetizers and then the main dish of pork roast. DELICIOUS. The kids opened a few gifts, exchanged between the two families and headed off for home. The next day we had visions of sitting around enjoying quality family time when we got a call asking to come down to help as Isue's grandma had just passed away. We spent the entire day down there being as helpful as we could but in reality the most the we could offer was our kids helping with diversion for their kids. Actually, we got a few big packages a few days later in the mail and had Christmas a few more times.
We spent New Year's Eve with the neighbor family after a few hours cooking chicken on the barbeque. It turned out beautiful, so much so that they have wanted more of my famous b-b-que chicken. Actually, it is all in the special sauce supplied by Kraft. There is only one store in town that offers barbeque sauce and it is either Kraft or some god awfully tasting other brand that I have seemed to block, maybe Heinz. Yet everyone I ask seems to really like the taste of barbeque sauce; go figure. After another delicious holiday meal we sat around talking and listening to music (very loud reggaeton {google it}). The neighbors have a computer DJ program that Leif and Sidne enjoyed playing around with. At midnight, we gave our kisses and ate our twelve grapes hoping that the twelve wishes for the new year that we wrote down would come true (later that day one of these had already gone by the wayside) then went outside to watch the fireworks (imagine your neighborhood on the Fourth of July). We (and by that I mean Laurie and a very little bit Leif and Sidne and me not at all) then danced some salsa and merengue.
Its the Holidays that really let you know how much you miss your family and friends.
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