Wed we had a company lunch where all were to bring food from their native land (we have employees from 16 countries). Being 'mercan, I did the T.

Thurs had TG dinner with the wife's family Bro in Law/wife and relatives up from VA.

Fri evening I went to a wedding where we married off Diana, the last eligible cousin of the last generation. It will be at least 5 years before Cousin Victoria is of age (she is 14 going on 28 and a knockout).

Today I puttered around the house working on a few projects and surprised my better half with a new CD player recorder so she can dub all of the 1500 cassette tapes we have to CD's. (It took us close to 18 months to dub all the VCR tapes to DVD).

Saw my Nephew and Wife off to VA and my Niece and Husband as well. My Nephew will be done with his Active Duty Stateside in 2 weeks so life will be back to normal for him, wife and 18 month old son.

Spent some time with my Niece's husband, they wed last January, and really got to like him. He is a Texican of German heritige and has a dry wit that I have grown to like. He is a good addition to the family.

My other Nephew and wife could not come up, he was in the middle of a training cycle at Quantico for his new posting as a Fed. Maybe Christmas.

My Sister flew my 95 year old Dad down to FL for the holidays. I'm counting the days now, every time the phone rings my back tenses up hoping that this isn't "the call"...