The week before Christmas we spent the weekend at Carmen and Ralph's and attended the annual Williams Yankee Swap party as well as Carmen and Ralph's 30th Anniversary party! Prior to all of the party madness Sophia shared some (very brave!) downtime with the bird...
Hanging with Uncle John at the Yankee Swap
The cake Laura ordered for Carmen and Ralph's party!
Carmen and Ralph!
Playing in the snow! We have had 7 large snowstorms this month, with another one coming tonight! We have several feet of snow right now
Christmas morning! We followed a tradition started by my paternal grandparents: we filled Sophia's stocking on Christmas Eve and laid it in her crib (at like 2 in the morning) and then watched Sophia find it and open it Christmas morning :)
About to unwrap!
After unwrapping presents at home we picked up my parents at the airport and headed to Carmen and Ralph's country house (Grand Forks) for more Christmas!
Carmen and Ralph with all of their grandchildren... number 7 is on the way!
Mom with her new "Sophia bag" (Carmen got one too!)
Next we headed over to Travis' grandparents (Snookie and Cash) for Christmas dinner!
Sophia with her great-grandpa Cash
Finally, we headed over to Grandma Mary's to say hello to Mary and Kathy!
Christmas night we hauled over to Ralph and Carmen's lake house (Bemidji) to spend a couple of days hanging out
Sledding! Sophia LOVES sledding!!!
And snowmobiling!
This one is for blackmail... we can send it to Ralph's Dr to prove that Ralph hasn't been very good at convalescing!
Before our latest round of poor weather we had a couple of beautiful days in Fargo/Moorhead and indulged in a sleigh ride!
Followed by cocoa and cookies
My parents wrapped up their vacation by helping us load our friends' U-haul... they are moving to Alaska! Sad :( But, we're really happy and excited for them! Today we are all snowed in at home, and just baking/cleaning/and packing! My parents fly out tomorrow (New Year's Day) and then life will be back to "normal." Happy New Year!
1 comment:
Holy cow!! In my opinion this proves that you are officially more crazy than I am! How many parties/different places did you go to on Xmas?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!!? Sure looks like fun, but I never would have made it. Love the stocking tradition ;-)
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