How We Spent our Christmas Vacation

Zakary, Jereme, David & Niklas
Last year, I was in the States from Thanksgiving until the middle of January. I ended up missing many of the Christmas celebrations and decided to stay in Singapore most of December. I’m really happy I did as it is our last year in Singapore.

We arrived at my parents’ house late on the Saturday before Christmas. Mom had planned her annual Christmas sing-a-long for Sunday, so we could be there. The weather was great all week so that we, especially Gerhard, played quite a bit of golf. The following weekend, our Julia arrived with her boyfriend, Carey. My siblings also arrived on Saturday and we moved into our beach bungalows on Siesta Key. We never grow tired of the pristine white beach; it’s like walking on cool, powdered sugar - seriously. David and his girlfriend, Krista, arrived on New Year’s Eve and unfortunately, the weather turned unseasonably cold. It was in the 30s overnight – brrrr. But the kids didn’t mind too much. It was wonderful to have the whole family around all week.

Doesn't my mom look great?

My mom turned 80 in January and had her big birthday bash on January 4 so we could all attend. It was a wonderful party.

Barb & her wonderful family

Krista, Julia & Carey