Christmas

We started Christmas off with a bang. We had presents to open dinner to eat, and church to go to within 4 hours of each other. Then it was up at 3:00am to get everything ready and get to the airport through the new 8 inches of snow got that night for our trip to MN to see our families. I wasn’t too jazzed at first either about leaving at 5:50am Christmas morning for flight but it turned out great. We got to Brian and Jen’s by 10:45, just in time to meet Miriam’s parents who had also just arrived from Cheriton, Iowa. We had a great Christmas dinner, opened presents and even had enough time to load the kids up on sleds and go for a walk in the park. The sled Olivia was riding had special significance to it as it was made by her great grandpa and used by Miriam and her siblings as children. Olivia, being the seasoned walker and outdoors person she is had no trouble staying on the sled as we walked through the park. This year has been one of the best Christmases I have had in a long time.