Monday, December 28, 2009

Presents, Puppies and the Ugly Sweater Contest

We had a great Christmas vacation. It was a bit of a whirlwind, but loads of fun. We drove to Missoula and spent Christmas Eve with the Strongs. Then it was off to Coeur d'Alene for Christmas with the Workmans. There were lots of kids running everywhere, plenty of noise, and loads of good treats. I am still not sure how Ashlee escaped the picture below...but somehow...
The girls had a blast opening presents. Kendall was Uncle Roy's little Elf this year. I think her favorite part was passing out the gifts!

Kevin even won top prize at the annual ugly sweater contest. He wore his lovely sweater with pride and took home the grand prize of twix and reeses plenty packs. Way to go honey!

One of the sweetest gifts this year went to Hallie. She received a Pomeranian puppy this year. "Beau" is almost 2 years old and quite a beauty. He did not live up to his reputation and refrained from yipping the whole weekend.

One of my favorite moments of the weekend occurred when we arrived at my mom's house. The last time that Sidney had been there, she was probably only 9 months old??? When we arrived all of our arms were loaded. Before we had a chance to put anything down, Sidney was climbing up the stairs directly to the "grandbaby" room. This is the room where mom keeps all of the toys, etc. She climbed onto the little table and chair set and started playing with the little keyboard up there. Did she remember this from her last visit? The answer to that may always remain a mystery. But one thing is for certain, those little buggers are a lot smarter than we think.

Kendall stayed overnight with her cousin Hallie. Thankfully, there was not a tear-filled call in the middle of the night. In fact, she did not seem to miss us at all. Hmph!

It was a great holiday and I am so glad that we made the trip. Thank you to everyone for making it so memorable. Kevin thank you for getting us there and back safely. This was a milestone trip, as we made it there and back without a speeding ticket. WOOHOO!

2 comments:

Gerbicks said...

what a sweet picture of the two of them together, sleeping. & that's awesome that you didn't get that call.

love the ugly sweater contest; yes, way to go, kevin! sounds like such a fun trip...you have such a good attitude about driving with kids. i should take some cues from you, eh?!

Unknown said...

Yay for another fabulous Christmas! We all loved seeing the girls (and you and Kevin, of course!). We need to get Patrick to Boise soon to see them too! XOXO.