Monday, January 25, 2016

Christmas 2015 in North America

Some crazy traveling and some excellent family time. First, the send off at Penang airport by our taxi driver friend, Daya:
Penang - Hong Kong, Hong Kong - New York (the latter a 14+ hour ride). Met at the airport by Cam and Lisa, and whisked off to their spacous flat in Paterson NJ. Treated to Cam's home brews, great food, and tickets to Broadway!

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A memorable evening for sure, the culmination of a day in Manhattan with an early dinner at Dad's fav: Peter Lugar's steakhouse.  The play was aMAZing! The music, the jokes, the choreography--entertainment at its best.  We sat close to the front and could see the actor's faces and dance moves. Super fun.

Here, Cam with some of his 1,00 or so Christmas cookies



Having missed Cam's graduation from college (he missed it too...), it was fun to go with him to pick up his diploma three years later

On to Vegas, K and T fighting killer colds acquired perhaps from airplane air? Climate change shock?  Ah, but our world is now full of doctors and doctors-to-be, so we were well taken care of  :-).

Mooradian Madness = lots of love and way too  much good food. 


 
Master chef

Master host!


well-fed stupor




We stayed at a casino, and had our Moore Christmas in a hotel room there.  


(In lieu of a tree, a hand drawn one and a couple of sprigs of stolen foliage from outside the hotel...)




Prezzies!

Cam brought us into the 21st century with a flat screen TV (delivered to Malaysia), Apple TV, and lots of downloaded shows. OMG!

Ben brought estate bottled olive oil brought from Italy!  And estate-bottled balsamic vinegar too!
Super yum!


A fun family outing to the bowling lanes in the casino complex:





Hmm, wonder who set up the score sheet??


Of course we had to have a little casino action too
T won a little





spotted plenty of casino regulars...

We saw the news Star Wars movie, in 3 D Imax :-)  [dark in there!)


We drove out to Red Rocks Canyon, thinking a hike would be good,  but it was really cold, with blustering winds. Only the bravest emerged from the car.



Our time in Las Vegas at an end, we are treated to a traditional goodbye of water-throwing, to wish for safe travels.  Here is our smiling water crew at the ready.

And a last glimpse of the lovely Muradian home, front yard palm decorated with Christmas lights.


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