We had a wonderful Christmas! Actually we had about 10 Christmases, or at least it felt that way! We traveled to Texas for Christmas to visit my aunt and uncle who were unable to make the trip to Yuma this year! An added bonus was that my sister-in-law and family live in the same town, so we had some great family together time!
So, we started on our 18 hour journey on the 22nd of December deciding to make the first day the longest and drive about 12 hours. It was a tough day, but the kids were pretty close to perfect....of course they had a wide variety of movies they were able to watch in the car :)
The second day was shorter, which worked out nicely because we were ALL a little cranky about the idea of being in the car again! Drew was anxious to get to Texas, Addie was anxious to not be stuck in a car seat, and Matt and I were anxious to stop hearing The Wonder Pets and Dora the Explorer.... Only real problem was that Drew developed a nasty cough somewhere in New Mexico and wasn't really feeling his best.
Sooooo...at long last we made it! Their house was beautifully decorated, as always and full of Christmas spirit. We relaxed, enjoyed some dinner and rested up for the busy days ahead.
Day 2 was filled with all kinds of crafts (courtesy of Aunt Terri and Uncle Denny, of course) It's a good thing Drew goes to preschool, or he wouldn't even know how to hold a paint brush! Yep, that's how crafty I am....but another thing I resolve to improve on this year :) They made ornaments with glitter and paint, cookies for Santa and an awesome gingerbread train!!! It was POURING rain outside which made it really feel like winter....for us AZ people who could never handle actual snow! :)
The Gingerbread Train....even Uncle Denny helped out only a couple of weeks after back surgery!
After crafts, we had a wonderful dinner and opened a few presents. Unfortunately, by this time it was obvious that Drew was REALLY not feeling well, so we just opened a couple and decided to save the rest for Christmas morning. Terri and Denny had just purchased a WII which Drew (and all of us for that matter) had quickly come to love! We had a great family bowling game....totally reminded me of the WII commercial where everyone spends Christmas in front of the TV playing WII and doesn't want to bake cookies or look at lights....Yep! That was us!!!
The BEAUTIFUL dinner table!
Christmas Eve....Drew not feeling too well :(
Lovin their Pillow Pets!
Playin' some WII Bowling!
Drew fell asleep very annoyed by the fact that some of us weren't catching on to the concept of the WII remote as quickly as we should have been... he kept saying "Push A" in the cutest, yet most annoyed sounding voice possible! We continued to "practice" as he slept on the couch....
...all was well until he woke up having slight convulsions...and of course had a fever! Ugh! Luckily it came down with Motrin and a bath and we all went in and got some sleep in hopes that he would feel MUCH better for Christmas morning and adding Motrin to the Zyrtec he'd been taking hoping to avoid another incident!
So, that brings us to Christmas Day! MANY more pictures and fun to come!
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