Merry Christmas!

It has been a very busy weekend at our house. We have had lots of people in town and staying at our house not to mention the back and forth between families for Christmas.



We started with Amber, John, and family coming into town on Wednesday. Jeff and Sandi came also but they weren't staying with me. Then on Thursday Mom treated all of us girls to a pedicure from my friend Holley. Holley came over to the house and did eight pedicures. It was great, I'm sure Holley was tired though! Then on Friday Blayne and I along with Amber and John (and all our kids) went to see Tangled. It was cute. Following the movie we went out to Oregon City for the Fletcher Family Christmas. We did this on Christmas Eve because Ashley and Jake were heading home early Christmas day. We had a great ham dinner with lots of pies for dessert. We enjoyed our time together and played some games. We haven't ALL been together since Victoria's baptism in June. It was great.



We left Christmas Eve at about 8:30pm to head for the Portland Airport to pick up Sean. He was flying in from Fresno to be home for Christmas. We finally made it home from the airport at about 10:00pm. I threw the kids in the shower and then hurried them off to bed, it wasn't easy but they managed to settle down by 11:30pm or so.

Christmas morning we woke up at about 9:00am, later than planned. We helped John and Amber get out the door an on their way before we let the kids open their presents. G'ma Mary, G'pa Doug, and Uncle Sean came to open presents. Then we made breakfast burritos for breakfast. After containing all the mess and enjoying the kids playing with their presents we headed out the door for my Mom's birthday luncheon.


Our annual tradition is to go out for Chinese food on Christmas day for my Mom's birthday. All of my Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins make it if they can. It is chaotic but a lot of fun. My family has grown so much it is one of the only times we try to all be in one place at the same time. Even then we are never ALL there at the same time. After lunch we hurried back to Sandy to go to the movies with Blayne's Mom and Dad and brother.



Finally after landing at home that evening. We got the kids to bed then watched a movie at home. By the time we made it to bed later that night, Blayne and I were both exhausted. We settled in for a well deserved sleep.