Emily and I spent the holidays in Dallas with her family. It was great. I love Emily's family.

We got in on Sunday (the 24th). Sarah, Kat and Jenny were already there. Rebbecca and Todd came a short time later. Emily and I assembled lasagna, while everyone else set the table and made the rest of the meal. It turned out wonderfully, of course.

On Christmas day, we went to Church. Afterward, Emily's dad asked the priest to bless our upcoming trip to Sudan. He said that he wouldn't bless me because I'm a "dirty Jew". Well, he left out the "dirty" part, but it was still rude. The rest of the day was spent playing 80's Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble. Dinner was Wally's traditional Roast Beast. Again everyone helped cook and the food was great!

Tuesday I went to the mall with Sara and Emily. As you can imagine, it was packed. The crowd annoyed the crap out of me (going to the mall is bad enough without all of the people). We spent a few hours there before watching the movie "The Good Shepherd". I couldn't stay awake for the first 45 minutes (because I was tired, not because it was bad), but I was interested once I woke up.

Almost everyone had already gone home, but we had dinner with Wally, Kathy, Sara, and Rob. Wednesday morning we flew home.