PDX Christmas

Christmas had come and gone and I had a really great Christmas this year. Every year that I'm not in Saipan, I'm somewhere else in this world. This year, I decided to spend my first Christmas in Oregon. It was a quiet and private family Christmas, just the way I wanted it. The tree was beautiful.

I cooked for all day and I enjoyed every moment of it. The dinner was frantastic and the girls loved it.

We all went to church after dinner, mass only lasted an hour and 10 minutes compared to the Christmas masses in Saipan. How does that happen that Christmas mass can last for an hour and 10 in Oregon, but 2.5 hours in Saipan. I shouldn't be saying or comparing masses or I'll be condemned by family for doing so.

After church we opened gifts, there were at least 50 under the tree and another 15 in the stockings. It was fun being like a kid again.

I woke up on Christmas morning and it was sunny at 10:00 a.m. and snowing by 11:30 a.m... it was really just flurries. I took some video, but not long enough because I was glued to two NBA games on TV and after the Suns-Lakers game I looked outside and it was dark and rainy.

Tonight we're having dinner in Woodburn with some friends from Tinian and tomorrow, I'll be curled up in my warm bed, sleeping and definitely not worrying about work back in Saipan.

Merry Christmas!