Christmas in Iowa

Was a complete blast. We had so much fun with my side of the family. Getting together at my Grandparents beautiful home with people everywhere! Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, grandparents, great grandmother, brothers, parents, sister in law, nephew, my own family, and other family friends made the weekend so fun. Friday night we got to Iowa around 8pm and it was COLD. Later that night the snow started to fall. We were playing games and eating of course!!! :) On Saturday morning we woke up to a white coat of snow all over the ground and the roads. Jakob and Jaden were thrilled!!! Puzzles were put together with my Great Grandmother threatening to turn the table over with frustration!!! :) Board games and Wii Bowling was fun for those of us who aren't much help with 1,000,000 piece puzzles. We got a group picture of all of us on Saturday morning b/c it was the first time in a very long time that we were ALL together. My cousin Travis and his girlfriend Erin were able to come from Arizona this year. He hadn't been back to Grandma's in like 3 years. It was really good to see him and meet her. On Saturday night we did something different after the kids opened their gifts, the adults did a White Elephant or Dirty Santa gift exchange. There was LOTS of laughter and I think everyone ended up with something they were excited about. We had a $5 limit so some of the gifts were duct tape, homemade beef jerky, many flashlights, 20 questions game, candles, and fuzzy blankets.

We headed home on Sunday morning after eating way too much homemade ice cream on Saturday night. After 5 hours of traveling we took Jakob straight to a birthday party at the bowling alley and went to Cornerstone Christian Church to celebrate 2 baptisms. Then we came home and CRASHED!!!!!!