This Christmas we were fortunate enough to be able to spend it with my family in Illinois. We had waited too long to buy plane tickets and since we have to buy Kylie one now, we decided we should just drive to Illinois. We left on December 18th, and after taking a much longer route to my house (by almost 3 hours of extra driving. I told Austin if we didn’t get there soon I was going to fling myself out of the car) we finally arrived. We could not have asked for better weather. The roads were clear the whole way. It was so much fun to see everyone again. I had seen my mom and dad and sister this past June, but it had been since last Thanksgiving that I had seen Dylan. We kind of took it easy the rest of the day because we were all pretty much brain dead from the nonstop 23 hour drive there. Here is Kylie passed out in her TInkerbell bed mom bought her.
My mom had to work until Wednesday and Dylan and Brenna had school until then too. So we didn’t do a whole lot those first few days. I was able to help decorate their tree. I love decorating Christmas trees. Ahhh…
Of course we had to have a rousing game of Wii bowling :)
We all had the chance to go out to eat to Olive Garden. It was so stinking good. Love this picture except for Kylie. She looks silly.
On Christmas Eve we all went over to Grandpa Howard’s house. We had Pepper steak (my FAVORITE!) and it was nice to spend time with everyone. Grandma and Grandpa Farber had some gifts for Kylie and she had a blast seeing what new goodies she got.
My beautiful sister :)
My Grandma and Mom
My Grandpa Howard
Christmas came and Kylie was so excited to open all her presents…and mine and Austin's and dads..you get the picture! She is so funny. Every present she would open, there would be an intake of breath followed by a “oooohhh!’ So cute.
I think the best gift given was a new guitar to my brother from my mom and dad. His face was priceless. :)
The rest of our stay was fun and I miss them already. We left on December 27th. We were really blessed to get home in safety. The day before we left the Interstate was closed in 10 different spots that we needed to go through because of snow. The day we left they were all opened again. We spent the night in Cheyenne, WY and then got back home later that day. The roads were awesome. The day after we got back, it snowed a TON here in Utah. So like I said, we were grateful to get back in safety.
Kylie opening her presents at home.
This picture is hilarious. It looks like she is ripping the paper off with her teeth. I’m pretty sure she didn’t get that anxious to open that present..
Kylie at Austin’s mom and dad’s house opening presents.
I miss you guys! Thanks for an AWESOME Christmas. Thanks to everyone for the great gifts too :)
4 comments:
The little ones made a killing. This christmas was even BIGGER for andrew. He got totally spoiled. Now I know what people mean when they say singletons are spoiled.
I'm glad you had fun with your family and it was safe traveling. And LOL about if you don't get there soon you're going to fling yourself out of the car.
What a fun Christmas! I totally thought Kylie was ripping that present open with her teeth until I read your comment:). Is she in a toddler bed now?
I am so glad you had a great time with your family. We sure missed your presence here though. I sure love the leg lamp too. I can't wait to see it in your window next year. That is one of my favorite movies too. We watch it every Christmas eve.
Look at BRENNA!!!! She is beautiful! Wow - grown up so much just since June. Another cute Howard girl for Mom and Dad to watch out for :) We really missed having you guys here for Christmas, but I'm so glad you had fun with your family. I miss them too!
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