Christmas post a little late

Most of the Christmas season I felt overwhelmed. the weather had been terrible, and I hardly got out to shop. I procrastinated and never sent Christmas cards out. We had a series of colds, and pink eye that prevented us from getting treats out to any of our friends and neighbors. I didn't think anyone would want to share that with us. But, it was still very fun and very memorable. Christmas' with children are always magical. It doesn't take much to please them, and they are always excited about everything. Kayleigh continues to say that it was the best Christmas EVER.

My parents were brave enough to come to Minnesota to share a very cold Christmas with us. It was so great to have them. I'm very thankful that our family is willing to make so many trips to come see us. They really our great. The Child's and the Ford's.

Adam was on call all day on Christmas Eve, and then had to cover his own service on Christmas day. He was home to open presents, and for dinner, he was gone the rest of the time. It bugged me, but that is something the kids won't remember. They will remember way to many presents,playing all day, and sledding with their dad and Papa.

We had a pretty traditional meal for the big day. We had ham, potatoes, green beans,corn, sweet potatoes, rolls, and an assortment of yummy pies.

K's big santa present was a Sleeping Beauty barbie and a Sleeping Beauty horse. She was very ecstatic about them both. Blake has recently developed a love of all cars. Santa brought him a big pack of cars, and a big road rug to push them around on.

My dad spent a lot of his trip up fixing things around the house. I had quite the list of things that Adam hadn't been able to get to that he decided to work on. It was a great present for Adam(I whine less) and me. He also put up a bunch of shelves for me in my laundry room. I am so excited about them. It is so nice to have more storage space.


***Adam swears that he was there most of the day on Christmas. He was just on the phone a lot, which to me feels like he isn't there.***