holidays 2011

Amy pretty much summed it up here, but I have a few things to add. From Garvan Gardens:

On the Walker side, Elliott's sister, Lilli, has been overseas since August, and more specifically was in Thailand during Christmas. As a way to honor her absence, on Christmas day we prepared Thai food, rather than a "traditional" U.S. American Christmas dinner. None of us had made Thai food before, but we had fun researching recipes and shopping at the Asian markets in Little Rock. We prepared Panang Chicken Curry and Pad Thai (we subbed shrimp for tofu).

And we went to Norman for New Year's, which has become somewhat of a tradition (despite Desmond changing our plans last year). We had the best time catching up with Heath and Tessa, and spending time with Seth and Dana. Blackwatch threw a great party at McNellie's, and I can proudly say that I stayed up later than each of my siblings.  

I have to admit it was hard to come back to New York after such a wonderful (warm) holiday down south, and even harder because it was a frigid 12 degrees on our return (and our heat sort of isn't working). But we are all getting back into the swing of things (Elliott's last semester of graduate school starts next week!). And I'm excited that the next time we will be in Arkansas, Lilli will have returned from overseas, and we will be celebrating the marriage of Jim and EA!