Our Christmas holiday was fantastic! It started at home with a visit from our good friends Blake and Nicole. They currently live in NC and were back in the area for the holidays. We were lucky enough to spend the evening with them and their girls. it was great to catch up even if the guys did beat the girls in cards.
Then, we were off for the long journey. First we headed towards MN. We couldn't make it in one day so we spent an evening at a hotel in WI. We enjoyed swimming before we were off to bed and then up early the next morning. We then made it to MN where we stayed with my sister and her family. We were able to attend my nephews birthday party for the first time ever! It was a ton of fun for Frances to be there! We wish we could have stayed longer but at least we saw them! If we hadn't stopped we were not going to see them as they couldn't get to grandma's at the same time as us this year. Then it was off to SD. We had a good time with gramma JoJo and that whole side of the family. Santa found us at gramma JoJo's as well. Frances was very excited to see that Santa ate only four of the five Oreo's she left out for him. What a great breakfast!
We also were able to see grandpa Dave and all of his family too! Here is a picture of Delaney and her great grandpa Ken. It was so great to see him celbrating the holiday with his family!
Then, we were off to IA where we saw more wonderul family! We are so blessed to have so many great family members to visit with over the holidays!!!!!!!! While in Iowa we enjoyed visiting, playing games, and swimming at the hotel. From the time we were in Lake Geneva up until now Frances has advanced her swimming skills tremendously!! She absolutely amazed me. She is not a very athletically inclined girl so I was amazed to see that she could really swim now when just three weeks ago she was just figuring out how to hold her breath and stick her face in the water! Check out this video!
Delaney really enjoyed the water as well!
Then we headed home where life is beginning to return to "normal".
Happy New Year!
2 comments:
I love the picture of Delaney in her Christmas dress! And that is awesome that Frances can swim.
I so SO impressed with Frances' swimming ability!
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