Itty bitty’s first Christmas came and went so quickly. We filled her days with family visits near and far. We started out near by spending some quality time with my family. It was a great couple of days eating too much, watching the little ones run around the house, decorating sleighs or cake balls and then eating too much again. Oh and in between that we tried to get a group shot of the little cousins about 73 times….I love all of them and the craziness that occurred trying to get them to look at the camera. The irony was the last group shot we took at the end of the last day was the family shot and every picture taken the girls did FANTASTIC, we only had to retake the picture for the silly adults.
not sure which one started this mess….
Sweet Sayla
Kead was sooo anxious to help…..
Dave’s first attempt at a “big” snowman
Addie and Sayla enjoying one of her favorite gifts
Decorating Santa’s sleigh with the girls
This picture makes me smile because Addie is trying to be sweet by giving Sayla a kiss but in the midst of doing this she is pulling her hair to get her closer.
Some of the best group shots…
Remke family Christmas…success (well it would of been if Dan and Shanna were here.)
We were all set to leave for west Texas the next day but the brunt of the snow storm hit them and we were delayed by a day, and I am so grateful we played it safe. Several friends who attempted the drive the previous couple of days ending up taking 2 or 3 times as long as it usually takes to make the drive. By the time we got there, there was plenty of snow still on the ground to make 2 10 foot tall snowmen. It was so funny to watch all of Dave’s siblings together trying to put them together. It was all a little bittersweet watching them from the warmth of the car as I could only imagine what joy it would of brought his dad to see his kids together laughing and carrying on. Between all of the fun in the snow we had a fantastic time with the Seals with the exception of the night in the hotel when Addie decided she didn’t want to sleep from about 12:15 to 4:15…we tried EVERYTHING to get her to go to sleep but all she wanted to do was play. Poor little thing was up at 7:30 the next morning despite her short night nap. She took 1 little short morning nap and was such a trooper all day until we left town, she passed out once we hit the road at 4:30 and poor little thing didn’t even wake up until 6 the next morning. She had to take so many naps the next day to catch up on her sleep. She was such a trooper.
The snow we were driving through, some people still weren’t too careful…..
Random reunion at 7-11 with one of Dave’s high school buddies
Sweet Kendall
2 of the largest snowmen I have ever seen
Addie was excited to hit the road to catch up on some sleep….
I would say her first Christmas was a great one, too many toys, but lots of laughs and lots of fun.
It was a great Christmas and we loved having all three grandkids here. Dave's family looked like they had so much fun in the snow. So glad you made it there. Looking forward to the many more Christmas's to come
ReplyDeletelove, granny