Saturday, January 5, 2008

Christmas

We spent Christmas Day at our house. The morning started at 7 AM (only because we told the kids they were not allowed out of their rooms until then!). I would guess all of the kids presents were unwrapped by 7:10... It was fun. Austin jumped up and down when he opened his Lego Star Wars game and then came over and gave Chad and I a hug and thanked us. It was very sweet. We have it all on video...
Libby received her American Girl doll, Emily. She also got a party dress for Emily from Nana and Papa, and matching pajamas from Grandma and Grandpa.

Christmas break has been very relaxing, with many days in our pajamas. One day we took the kids snow skiing in Michigan and enrolled them in ski school. They had a good time and by the end of the day Austin was skiiing pretty well on his own. Libby still needed help. We're hoping to take them again at the end of January.





We spent a couple of days in Kalamazoo to celebrate Christmas with Chad's family. All of Chad's family was able to get together. It was a fun time for all. We spent one night up until 3:30 am playing a 'riproaring game of Rook' as Grandma would say!
Christmas break is almost over. I'm sad to see it go. It's been nice not having to send Austin off to school. Life has been slow and relaxing. Monday morning brings back reality...

2 comments:

just4ofus said...

That is pretty cool that they both went skiing!
3:30 am with the in laws! FUN!
I am not sure the last time I saw 3:30 am.
Other than work.
Amie

Marty said...

It's been a while since we saw 3:30am, ourselves. We don't do that very often, but it was fun.