Christmas was great! We had a lot of fun and saw a lot of family. We have started a tradition of trying to see all of our family in a 24 hour period. We go out to Jerome on Christmas Eve for dinner and some present opening with my mom and dad and sisters. Then we go to Schwabedissen's in Kimberly early Christmas morning to open presents and eat breakfast. We stay there until after Christmas lunch/dinner and then we go to Gary and Heidi's for dessert and games Christmas evening. We got to see just about everybody, except for Nate and Sara who couldn't make it because of the road conditions. I completely understand though: better safe than sorry.
Here are some pictures from Christmas Eve. I forgot to take any on Christmas day so I'll have to get some from Teddi!
The first week of my Christmas vacation is over. I woke up this morning with a desire to do some deep cleaning. I have cleaned out most of the closets in the house, vaccuumed, dusted, and polished the furniture. Jake helped by doing the dishes, sweeping the floor, taking out the garbage and helping me do some heavy lifting. Now that the house is clean I am going to enjoy my week off by putting up my feet and reading some good books. Oh, and I may make a loaf of bread of two with my shiny, new kitchen aid!
