Update

Okay so to summarize, we had a fantastic Christmas break and are now entering into our third week back at school. We worked up until the 21st of December so Christmas really snuck up on us but it was really nice to have the week off after New Year's. We spent a lot of time with family and friends and Caleb had a great time being the 'elf' and opening his own gifts. We did a Christmas Eve brunch at our house as Cristi was leaving the next morning (yes, Christmas Day) for Winnipeg. Then we were at Mom and Dad's for Christmas morning and back again for dinner where we were joined by Uncle Glen, Barb, and Aunt Nan. On Boxing Day (after shopping!) we went to the Jungclaus's for dinner. Later that week we had an Open House for friends where we enjoyed appies, drinks, Cranium and great company! On the 30th we went to see The Nutcracker with Cristi and Chris (a Christmas gift from Mom and Dad) and had dinner at Cru beforehand (Mom and I did the exact same thing last year!) We had a quiet New Year's fondue at home with Kris, Claudine, and Rob. The following week we saw a couple of movies - No Country for Old Men with Kris and Claudine and The Golden Compass with Kelly. It was a very relaxing week following the craziness of Christmas! I've added some photos of Christmas/New Year's and, well, pictures speak louder...
Getting back into work-mode was pretty tough. It was so great to have two weeks of being with Caleb all day, every day that it was quite an adjustment to return to the work day. We're also both coaching basketball this year so we're kept pretty busy with that. Last weekend we went out with Rina, Carl and friends to celebrate Rina's completion of her Master's - what an accomplishment! Then we had Mom, Dad and David over for Mom and Dad's birthday dinner which turned out great. We did beef tenderloin with shallot, bacon and port sauce accompanied by goat cheese souffles and asparagus - definitely a meal I'll make again! This weekend we went to Sip for their Dine Out Vancouver menu with Kris and Claudine. The food was great and I have to say that my favourite course was the dessert - their cheesecake had the most unbelievable texture! Then we headed out to Tinseltown to see Cloverfield. We really enjoyed it, but were left wanting to see what happened next - that would have ruined the whole 'camcorder' effect though. Sometimes it's nice to be left wanting more.
We'll be going out for part two of our Dine Out series this weekend with Mandy and Kevin. We're going to CinCin - none of us have been before although we've wanted to go for quite some time. It should be a lot of fun.