Christmas-time

So, every year, our Christmas celebration seems like a marathon. We are blessed to be able to live close to both our extended families, so we have a lot of people to see at Christmas. We started a week ago, Friday. We went to my parents' house for the weekend. My brother and sister-in-law made it up from Indiana. We opened gifts with them and my parents on Saturday morning. Saturday evening, we went to my grandparents' house (my mom's side). We had a big dinner and opened yet more gifts. We drove back here on Sunday.

Caleb ended up coming home from preschool on Monday with pink-eye. Brent took him to the doctor. I had them look in his ears too, since they were bugging him a bit over the weekend. Sure enough, he had the beginnings of an ear infection. As Brent was backing the van out of the garage to get Abby, the garage door broke. At least they were on the outside!

Tuesday (my birthday), Abby woke up, and sure enough, pink eye for her too! So, I went to take the kids to Abby's doctor's appointment, and sprained my ankle. The doctor looked in Abby's ears too....and guess what, she had the same thing! Matching antibiotics for both of them!

I had to stay home from work on Wednesday since Abby couldn't go to daycare and Brent had taken a sick day with Caleb on Monday. I didn't mind since the winter storm was starting, and I'd rather not drive in it!

Thursday was spent digging out from the snow and ice storm.

Christmas morning, we had a very nice time with the kiddos. We played with the new toys for a little while, and then loaded up to head back to Illinois. We had lunch (and more gifts) with my dad's side of the family. That afternoon, we went to Brent's parents' house for the weekend. The kids had a blast with their cousins! We had our big meal/gift opening on Saturday....and sledding in the afternoon. Abby took a nap and Caleb went outside with our neices.

Sunday brought more sledding fun. And...I guess I ate too much that weekend, 'cause I managed to deflate the inflatable sled. It was fun anyway! We had to leave that evening since Caleb had preschool on Monday, and Brent had to work. We somehow managed to fit everything into the Rav on the way home. It was a cozy fit, so say the least! We managed to only forget a few things. :)

That, is our Christmas in a nutshell. As you can probably guess, I took way to many pictures to post on here, so here's a link to our picturesite online:

http://thewellsfam.shutterfly.com