To breathe a huge sigh of relief that Christmas is over.
That's sad.
But so, so true.
Christmas means lots of family, which is amazing! But with Tony and I both having split parents, it means a lot of celebrations to squeeze into only a few days off, and inevitably there will be people we do not see [ie: Tony's Dad, Nanny and Aunt in MN]. But, we did our best, went into debt, and totally won the "best Christmas presents" award (we awarded each other... yes, we were that proud). The kids had a wonderful time. They got their bikes on Saturday and got to ride around on a beautiful, sunshiney, 57 degree day. Three days later it was Christmas and we got snowed in at the in-laws. Olivia got the flu bug Saturday night, and I on Monday night.. meaning that I spent Christmas hurling in a trash can in the guest room having delusional dreams and aching to no end. I got up long enough in the morning to watch the kids open their gifts and long enough in the evening to make it back to my scared little spot on the couch to watch Full House Christmas episodes. Sad but true.
Monique and Judah came in on Saturday, and Adam and Kristen came down, too. It was a total sibling party and my heart hasn't been that happy in a while. We have the coolest siblings.
Being the sickly one I was and lacking a camera, Judah and Mo got all the gift giving pictures and will have to be added in later. I know there was so good'ens though.
The holidays snuck up this year, and I totally wasn't prepared. Cannot make this mistake again. No ma'am.. too much stress.
Now its [sorta] back to work, back to making a little money so we can play more.
Tony and I have huge plans for 2013. It will be the best yet!
Bike operations
Playing with Uncle Adam.
Auntie Mo is home!
Kids writing Santa a letter :]
55+ Christmas weather means trampoline time with Papa! 
Resurfaced after the 24 hr flu
White Christmas!
That sucks that you ended up getting sick over Christmas! It's looks and sounds like you all had a good time, though. I have a split family as well, so now we just separate it between Thanksgiving and Christmas! So much easier!
ReplyDeleteSteff that is an awesome idea!! That way it's not all crammer into one.
ReplyDeleteHope your new year is starting off fabulously!