For the past 3 years, my dad and Kel's side of the family have been getting together the weekend before Christmas down at my sister Shannon's house. She and her husband have a nice home with 7 bedrooms, so we all can actually fit in one house. It is also very nice, to get away from the city and just spend some time together.
We left on Friday afternoon and were the first to arrive. We got set up and Shan made dinner, Kel arrived shortly after that. We then found out the Lindsey's Family would not be down that night, neither would Shane's family, Dad also would be down on Saturday and we were unsure about Kate and Art, (we missed our 2 out of town families Jocelyn and Chris and Chad's family). So, after getting the little ones down for the night, Kel, Shan and I went to town wrapping gifts and trying to get everything ready for the next day. We had just finished and Kate and Art showed up. We chatted into the night and had a great time.
Saturday, was a fun day. We started with Apple French toast followed by chatting, getting ready for the day and old family videos. The kids played, enjoying one another's company. Around noon the others started to make it, as the weather had not been as nice as we had hoped for traveling. Art and Kate made an awesome taco lunch (Art is Hispanic), which was followed by mounds of dishes as both breakfast and lunch had not been done. After that, Bri took Colin and Merrial took Addison, the four of them went out on four wheelers in the back yard/pasture and rode around in the snow. I think the kids had a great time. Not too long after that, all the men except Art, as he was sick, went out in the middle of no where and shot some guns and had male bonding. Then came the fun part, the Christmas presents. We had a great time opening presents and joking with one another. The kids were spoiled rotten, as were we. We enjoyed a family Christmas dinner with everyone making an item or two for the meal. After the kids went down, some of us enjoyed a good game of Hand and Foot, while others enjoyed the movie Grown Ups. Again we were up late into the night.
Sunday morning came early, as my kids woke up and were ready to go at 6:45 AM. No one else was awake so, we hung out in the basement by the fire for an hour and then it was time to get up and get breakfast going. We had muffins, orange rolls, and sausage and enjoyed the last meal that we would be having together this trip. Then it was time to clean up and get home. It was a great get away. I want to thank everyone for all they did to make it a success and a HUGE thanks to The Johansen Family to opening their home to us once again. 
2 comments:
Wish we could have been there! Sounds like it was a GREAT time :)
We wish you could have been there too. Hopefully next year.
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