Merry Christmas 2009

A little fuzzy but here we are...Daniel and Robin waiting for the

BSO Christmas Spectacular to start (12.23.09)

Daniel and Robin with their Petit Louis Dinning Buddies (12.24.09).
Daniel opening his stocking
Robin opening her stocking

Reggie and Sam trying to open their stockings :)

What a crazy holiday season. Man, Christmas came and went so fast this year. We celebrated in many ways. First we went to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestras Christmas spectacular show on the 23rd. It was a great show with dancing and singing...our favorite part was the Tapping Santa's. Then on Christmas Eve Daniel had to work so Robin stayed home baking and setting up the new TV we purchased as a "Family Gift". Later that evening we met some friends for our now annual Petit Louis Christmas Eve Dinner. Petit Louis is a small French Bistro that many say is just like being in France. We love this place and it has become a big part of our Christmas tradition here in Baltimore. After dinner we went home to go to sleep so Santa would pay us a visit. Christmas morning we woke up and opened some fantastic gifts. Thank you to all of our family and friends for sending us such wonderful gifts. We really appreciate it! After gifts, we made breakfast and loaded up the car with our blankets for the homeless. Another tradition we have is to go out Christmas day and give warm blankets to the homeless. Once all of our blankets were handed out we made our way down to D.C. to have dinner with Robin's family. We arrived in D.C. had a wonderful dinner and spent the evening watching "Julie and Julia". It truly was a great Christmas. We are so blessed and thank God every day for our blessings. We hope your Christmas was a magical one. Peace and Love, the Senecals.

Baltimore Blizzard of '09

Our house in the Snow :) The heart we made in the snow.

Daniel Shoveling.

Our warm fire.

Our back yard.

Well Robin said all she wanted for Christmas was snow and boy did she get it. It rarely snows like this in Baltimore. We know you are used to it in Indy, but we must admit it's been a while since we have seen this much snow. The pictures above are from yesterday (12.19.09) at 9:00am. It didn't stop snowing until 9:00pm. We received anywhere from 20-30 inches. Wooo hooo Robin is excited! We had to shovel a place for the dogs to go out, otherwise they would be lost in the snow:) It's been a great weekend....Merry Christmas to us!

Thanksgiving/Wedding/Cruise Vacation!

Daniel and Robin at the Wedding Reception!
Chris and Lynn the Happy Couple.

The whole family on the Beach.

Daniel and Robin swimming with Stingray.

Daniel and Robin on the Beach.

We spent our Thanksgiving on a cruise ship sailing the Caribbean. Yes, it was as great as it sounds! Daniel's Mom Lynn married her new husband Chris on the ship the first day we set sail. After the wedding we had a lovely reception to celebrate their marriage and to kick off the vacation. Our ports of call were Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Jamaica. In Cozumel we swam with stingray, as you can see in the picture above. It was so fun, surprisingly. Then in Grand Cayman we did what is called "Sea Trek". It's where you put on a moon man looking helmet and walk on the ocean floor. It was awesome! After that we rented some snorkel equipment and spent the rest of the day snorkeling on our own. I was the best snorkeling we have ever done, we highly recommend! Lastly in Jamaica the whole family spent Thanksgiving together on the beach relaxing and having fun. Later we had dinner together on the ship. Lots of fun things took place on the ship during our sail days but we can't reveal it all. After all what happens on the ship stays on the ship :)