Warning: There are no pictures because I'm at work and writing this.
We had a great Christmas! We drove over on Christmas Eve and had a nice drive through a wintery wonderland. The trees and snow-covered fields were beautiful and the roads weren't that bad. Once we got to Mom and Dad's we enjoyed rearranging the presents, helping with dinner, and playing some Wii. Christmas Eve dinner was fantastic, as was the family home evening by Janet (there was no special violin solo).
Christmas morning sure was an early one when Macey woke everyone up nice and early (3 AM for some, 5 for others). We had fun with presents and spending time with each other the rest of the day. We had fun talking with family. I even got to say hi to Ben's brother Joseph who is in the Phillipines on his mission and has been gone the whole time we dated and have been married.
Sunday we enjoyed the Wausau Ward and the opportunity to help out with the Community Supper that my parent's ward helps with 4 times a year. Ben made a new friend named Brian while we were there. But, the best part of the evening was going to Ben and Shannon's and listening to Macey practice the new word she learned: pie.
In between Christmas and New Years, I had to work, so the fun stopped. Ben also got the awesome stomach sickness I had back in the beginning of December, which put him out of commision for a few days. He hardly ate anything. Not Ben-like.
New Year's Eve was spent with the Clark's much like last year's New Year's Eve. We ate too much and played some fun games. Ben was happy to finally find someone who could give him a run for his money in Ster Trek Scene-It. We braved the weather and the drunks and made it home by about 2:15 that morning and then woke up "too early" to get things done around the house.
We are leaving to visit the Arizona family members this week. Since Epiphany is the day we are leaving I guess you could still consider it the holidays. Ben and I are both looking forward to the sunshine and warm weather and spending time with Ben's family. Ben is really excited to be able to play Heroscape, since I don't really like to play, but I warned him I might head of with the girls and hit the mall.
Since we'll be soaking up lots of sun while we fulfill our Wellness challenge goal, we'll make sure to document it so everyone can know for sure we really did our 30 minutes of cardiovascular work. And, maybe we'll even get started on our tans....
4 comments:
Macey learned the word "cougar" last Sunday.
We too (all of us- Sophie, Dave, Lindsey and even Dad) got a really bad stomach bug and didn't eat for a couple of days. Can't wait to see you! Maybe you can help us move while you're down!
The Christmas Eve FHE would have been 500% better if you would have played a violin solo.
YEAH, Christmas morning came a little too early. We'll have to do something about that this year. :) Hope you're not missing Minnesota too much! ;)
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