Todd and Lynette threw a Christmas gift swap this year, with a lot more babies than there were in the past. It was actually the first time we've been to their house!

Brian and Danna threw their annual New Years Eve bash, given their primo location on Queen Anne. Lots of booze, lots of fun, and so much rain you couldn't really see the Space Needle when the fireworks went off.

Dinner with Cameron, Mary Ann, Cameron's mom, and Mary Ann's sister. Good Scottish food to boot (yes, such a thing really does exist, at least at Mrs. McColl's hoos).

The dentist for whom Samantha works threw a post-Christmas Christmas party for everybody in the office. Entirely too much homemade food, and some good fun.