Mom and Dad Come to Vilnius!

Mom and Dad headed out the day after Christmas to come and visit us! We went to pick them up from the airport they were greeted by not only the Krieg family, but the Lithuanian paparazzi! Apparently the Lithuanian basketball players were all headed back to Vilnius on the same flight as mom and dad.
The first thing we did when they got to the house was open presents and go through suitcases to see what they had brought us. Then we headed down the street to the square to walk around and have some dinner. Mom and dad were tired, so we headed home and went to bed early.
Over the next week and a half, we took them on the grand tour that we take all visitors to. KGB Museum, Trakai, Hill of Crosses, and walking through Old Town. Only this time we added one more destination to our tour, we decided to check out the geographical center of Europe.

I would like to point out the difference between my mom and dad: Dad wearing camo hunting jacket, Mom wearing full length mink coat.

Standing at the top of Death Hill. This was the hill we slid down on Christmas Eve.

Dad bought G this balloon and it stayed inflated and floating for over a month.

The "Loom Lady"

Trakai

 

On New Year's Eve, we sent lanterns into the sky. I do not have pictures of the fireworks, but it was AMAZING!!!! We had firework displays out every window. My mom would not go to sleep before midnight because she thought she would miss the fireworks. I kept telling her that she could go to sleep, because the fireworks would for sure wake her up. Well, at about 11:15 they began. Huge fireworks were set off right outside of Giuliana's window. She woke up yelling "fireworks!!!" and we were up for the next hour and a half going from window to window and sipping champagne watching the firework show.



We absolutely LOVED having my mom and dad come to visit and experience Lithuania with us. Thank you mom and dad for coming to see us!

Christmas 2011

We had a pretty interesting Christmas Eve this year. There was no snow, but it was cold and icy. Christmas Eve we went to church and then over to Andy and Erin's house for a Christmas party. We had a great time visiting with friends and celebrating Christmas. A friend of ours had kindly loaned us their car for the holidays because my parents were coming to see us the day after Christmas. When we left the Olson's house, we dropped off a few friends on the way home. As we were turning down the street to drop off Krista, we soon realized how slick the roads really were and slid down the hill! We all sat and watched quietly as Kelly tried to steer the car. Then we hit a parked car that was about 3/4 the way down the hill car. Another car slid down soon after, but did not hit us. Krista, Giuliana and I had a very difficult time trying to get home with all of the ice. Kelly had to sit in the car, with no jacket on, and wait for the police. It was a huge mess and finally 3 hours later, Kelly finally made it home, almost frozen!

Christmas morning was a lot of fun! Although she didn't understand the idea of Santa Claus, she did understand opening presents!