Wednesday Night Lights

Tania and I are knee deep in a Friday Night Lights marathon, and we're wrapping up the season finalle. If you've never watched it, you should start. So good. And according to Tania, even if you don't like the show, you'll like Riggins, pictured here with my girl Minka. Man we miss Smash.

So we signed the contract with our planner this week, meaning we are all set. The food is planned, the chapel is booked, the transportation is reserved, and we couldn't be more excited to start focussing on the small details. Tania's folder with tear-outs from more magazines than I can count seems like it's serving as plenty of guidance for those tiny details. I'm done with mine. The guayaberas are ordered for the groomsmen, so the only detail left is what to do with them on Friday afternoon . Golf, fishing, ... I'm not sure yet. Oh well, we've got a bit of time left (ahem, 10 months). First things first, it's time to fly back to Phoenix this weekend to watch the Cardinals earn their way into the Super Bowl. AWW AWW, AWW AWW

Night

Back to work

It's the first Monday after the new year, meaning it's time to head back to work. One of the perks of working in advertising is that we normally get a nice size chunk of time off over the holidays. Even though it's to offset the long hours we work the other 11.5 months of the year, it's nice when it's upon us.

Tania and I had the best time possible in Atlanta with her family over Christmas. We played with the kids, had lunch and saw the Terracata Warrior exhibit at the High Museum with her parents, cooked the family an Italian feast, took the kids to see A Tale of Despereaux, and overall relaxed with everyone. Such a great time.

Then on the 30th we flew down to Ft. Lauderdale and drove to West Palm Beach to spend the day with my Grandma Vadas. It was great having a few hours to catch up with her. We then had dinner with Tania's cousin Carina and crashed at her place. Then the next morning we hung out at my college buddy Josh Samuels' new condo which he had just closed on that week. Once again, such a great but quick trip with some of our favorite people.

We then headed down to Miami for new years eve. We went to a fun party in Key Biscayne with Rebecca and Danny and danced our tails off all night. Too bad Tandican couldn't join us. ;) After a ton of Frankie's pizza, we headed to South Beach to enjoy the incredible weather. I couldn't believe it was the dead of winter and we were lying on the hot beach. On our last day, we spent a good two hours in a guayabera store (guyaberaetc.com) trying on clothes for the groomsmen. I could have replaced my entire wardrobe with all Cuban clothing since I was so into it. Maybe it was the Cuban coffee I had just downed, or maybe it was excitement for nailing down another aspect of the wedding. Either way, my boys and I are going to look good next Halloween.

It's nice to be back home in our own bed and with our friends, even though we have to go back to work in a few minutes. At least we have more planning to look forward to whenever a mental diversion is needed over the next few months.

Happy new year everyone!
Craig