We had great Christmas celebrations at Josh and Liz’s house the weekend before Christmas.
We had originally planned to go up to Cedar Falls on Saturday, the 21st. However, with the ice that we had gotten that Thursday night before, we thought we’d be better to leave Friday afternoon rather than Saturday morning after everything would re-freeze. So, shortly after Tyler and I got home from school that Friday afternoon, we quickly packed up the van, and drove to Cedar Falls. We were all in our van and Mom followed behind. It was a drive full of stress, but we made it there okay.
Friday night we ordered in dinner and then Mom and I ran to the grocery store to get groceries for the next couple of days. Again, our original plan was to have a Saturday Christmas with my mom and then a Sunday Christmas with my Dad, all at Josh and Liz’s.
Saturday morning, we woke up, had breakfast and opened presents. After all the excitement and opening presents, the boys actually went down for a nap before lunch! While they were sleeping, we enjoyed a wonderful steak meal.
After watching the news Saturday, we found out that there was going to be a large snow storm moving through Saturday evening. So….we changed plans again, and had Dad come over to do a quick Christmas before leaving Saturday afternoon. We got Mom on the road shortly after lunch, as the main part of the storm was supposed to be in her direction. We spent some quality time with my Dad and opened more presents.
It was a very rushed Christmas with my family, but we are all so lucky to be able to just spend that small time all together. The most important thing is to all be together---and then to be able to travel back home safely!
I would have loved to spend some more time with them all, but I also knew that we needed to beat that snow storm and get home safely. Knowing that Liz’s due date for the baby was just a couple weeks away, we knew we’d be seeing them all again very soon!!!
Friday night the boys snuggled up together. So cute!
The boys were very happy with their gifts this year; Sully, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Gear, Under Armor & Michael Jordan Apparel, Bed Bugs Game, Doc McStuffins Operation, and Despicable Me 2 Operation.
Tyler and Brady helped everyone else open their gifts as well.
We all got new Kuerigs and boxes and boxes of coffee!
Lee and Josh were pretty focused on their scratch off tickets.
Lee, Josh, Tyler, and Brady playing Doc McStuffins Operation.
The boys playing Bed Bugs.
And from Grandpa, Josh, and Liz they each got their very own Stuffies! This gift has actually turned out to be one of their favorites! They love those things so much and carry them everywhere!
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