January 2015: Gigi's Birthday, Church Activities

We celebrated Gigi's birthday in Tivoli:

We also participated in a day of service for Martin Luther King Day at Morrow Church, where Fer and Wendy are part of the youth group.

We also enjoyed fun times in Sunday School at our church, First and Trinity!

Festivus for the Rest of Us!

We had a great time seeing the extended Weeks/Gosa family at the Holiday for the Rest of Us! With great good cheer we completed the Feats of Strength (bowling), avoided Airing our Grievances, had our holiday gift exchange, and shared the Cupcakes of Festivus, complete with the Finding of the Bean.

Christmas and New Year's

We had a lovely time opening presents but during our ceremony we got the sad news that Gigi wasn't well and couldn't have us all for Christmas dinner. So Tia B and Uncle El went back to NYC later in the day, and instead of our usual large family gathering, we headed for a bit of low-key holiday time with Aunt Christine and family, and met up with Gigi and Grandad the next day.

Present opening in South Orange:

Belated Christmas dinner at Gigi and Grandad's house:

After a few days in Tivoli, we went back to South Orange and had our usual New Year's dinner with our good friends the Cardiellos. Happy New Year!