A Different Kind of Christmas

I stole the title from my friend Tim's blog. His wife's parents came from Poland to spend Christmas in the States with their married daughters. My children came to Spain to spend Christmas with me. So both of us had a "different kind of Christmas" this year. For my children, it was the first time they had not spent Christmas with their cousins in California. We missed what has become "normal" for us, but we enjoyed our time with the Haleys and then two days later we all headed to the south of Spain to see Granada, the Alhambra, and Toledo.

Courtyard of the Lions at the Alhambra in Granada.

Arrayane's Courtyard

My kids at the Alhambra

We were even able to stop on the way to Granada and see some of the windmills that are famous from the story of Don Quijote.

On the way home, we stopped in Toledo and did some sightseeing and shopping.

We had a good time together and as expected, the time went by much too quickly. But it was a fun time of making memories and enjoying being together.