Wednesday, December 30

More Family Fun over Christmas in Kansas City!

My family stayed with us a total of 5 days and it was WONDERFUL. I love a full house of family and friends when the fridge is full and it was! We ate, drank and were merry!

Sarah & Mark came to yoga with me one morning!  

The kids played a game of "pin the carrot nose on the snowman"

We played board games like old times . . .


We had Kansas City's first snow while they were all here!  Lucas, Molly & Kate could NOT wait to get out and have a snowball fight!  Check out their cute little boot prints in the snow - 





We drank LOTS of hot cocoa with marshmallows and whipped cream!



We played poker like old times . . .

Lucas is a great "oldest" cousin -

Papa Don & Grandma JoJo with all their "grands"!

Loved having cars filling up the driveway

We drove around and looked at Christmas lights, watched Christmas Vacation with Lucas (his first time!) and lots and lots of Lego building . . .


The snow was beautiful - even though it wasn't more than a few inches

We went sledding in our front yard (at 8 a.m.) for the first time!




We went roller skating (Molly & Kate's first time!!

I don't think I had skated for 30 years but it all came back to me and I forgot how great of exercise it is and how much fun it can be!



Kate was very independent on her skates and wanted no help - shocker, I know.


Lucas read to the girls before bed.

Thanks for coming everyone!  We LOVED having you here!

Sunday, December 27

The Party Continues . . .

We ate lots of cookies . . .

We played with our new toys . . .

Papa Don's sister, Aunt Elaine came over . . .



We played with "our" new toys . . .

My sibs and me! LOVE them so much.

The guys played basketball even though it was 30 degrees out.



The kids built rocket ships in the basement with boxes . . .

We sang karaoke . . .

We had a yummy Christmas Dinner . . . 






We read before bed . . .