I have noticed a recurring theme when talking to those I know about the holidays. The question usually is “How was your Christmas?” And the typical answer this year has been “Great, but chaotic. We were just non-stop! ” When looking back at our holiday, it seems as though the same held very true for us! But Steff said something to me that hit home. “It’s better to have everywhere to go, than no where to go!” So chaos and all, we had a fabulous 2008 Holiday Season. Here’s a recap!
We kicked off our holiday with a Christmas Eve get together at Aunt Jenni and Uncle Doug’s. We always have a wonderful time with lots of good memories. We started a new tradition of Rob Your Neighbor last year and that provides for lots of laughs! The boys cap off the night with some poker and Jer’s favorite drink of Moose’s Milk. We were there till almost 11pm. I love the tradition and the festive feeling of this get together. We made a train to follow each other home from Swansea. I got a Merry Christmas good night kiss just as the clock turned midnight!
The next morning we got up and made some muffins. We headed over to Jer’s Dad’s at 10am. We had a relaxing, lazy morning in our sweats with Dad, Stacey, Casey, Jackie, Paul and Jonnie and April! After munching on some snacks we opened gifts! We got Mike a GPS this year. I think he really liked it! We headed out of there around 2:30pm. We went home and opened our gifts and got cleaned up to head over to my Mom and Dad’s. It’s always fun to go home on Christmas Day! Though our traditions have changed, the house feels the same way to me. We opened gifts and watched Dad rip out old records to play on his new Vinyl to CD recorder we bought for him and Mom. We ate dinner and headed out to see Marley and Me. We decided we would like to try to see a movie on Christmas Day again. It was something we always did when I was younger. Unfortunately, everyone else had the same idea! Marley and Me was sold out. We ended up seeing Yes Man. What a great pick! It was a funny, refreshing movie and a great way to close out our Christmas Day!
The next day Jer and I got up and pulled down all of our Christmas decorations. We packed up our bags and got the house ready for Josh to house sit (thanks again Josh!) and we headed up North for our annual Walnut Christmas festivities. The weather didn’t want to cooperate, but we’ve come to understand that when we go to Walnut in December, we always hit some sort of weather anomaly. This year on Christmas Day it was something like 0 degrees with 14 inches of snow in Walnut. The next day when we were traveling, the temps warmed up to a balmy 55 and the snow quickly melted. It made for the densest fog we’ve ever driven in! 6 hours later Jer and I made it to his Grandparents. I almost kissed the driveway! The next 2 days were full of family time. We visited with his Grandma and Grandpa, his aunt and uncle, and made the trip to Wisconsin to see his Great-Grandma Linley. Sunday we did our gift exchange, ate a yummy lunch and hit the road. It’s a whirlwind weekend, but we always enjoy the time with family!
Our Holiday 2008 season came to a close with a low key New Years Eve and an exciting New Years Day. Well a low key New Year’s Eve is what we had planned anyway. I had grand plans to sit in front of a fire with a couple good movies and snacks. It was the first year we didn’t do a house party with family and friends, but I was looking forward to the time with Jer. The evening didn’t quite go how we planned. Over the weekend while we were in Walnut, we got 3 inches of rain. Apparently our basement couldn’t handle it, and we ended up with an inch of standing water. By New Years Eve it was apparent it wasn’t going to drain…so I made the call to Roto-Rooter. They came out about 3pm to unclog our basement drain. 3 hours later, with 2 hours of Jer’s help, our basement was no longer flooded! Our New Year’s Eve didn’t get started until around 8:30pm…a little later than I planned…but we enjoyed some delicious food and good T.V. So it was uneventful or eventful depending on your definition, but we were together and our basement was un-flooded. New Years Day brought us a fun relaxing day together! We headed to Baby’s R Us to purchase our nursery furniture. We couldn’t have been more excited! Mom and Dad joined us and treated us to lunch at Long Horn. We ordered our furniture and then wandered around the Mills until Marley and Me started at 5pm. It was a fun and fabulous way to kick off 2009.
Happy New Years Everyone! May 2009 bring you blessings in abundance!
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