Day Nine.

Reason #009 to come to Washington: Christmas Eve dinner with the Conlons. My mom side of the family has a big fancy dinner every Christmas Eve. The food is always delicious and there's never a dull moment.

Reason #009, #010, and #011 to come to Indiana: Shannon, Tyler, and Pearl Benkenstein. My brother, sister-in-law, and niece came to my dad's today for Christmas. We had Buffalo Wild Wings aka B-Dubs (which is a reason to come to Indiana in itself) and rice for dinner, peanut butter chocolate chip brownies for dessert, and exchanged presents. One of the hidden blessings of having divorced parents is that you pretty much celebrate each holiday twice.