We headed to North Carolina the weekend before Christmas this year. We went up on Friday evening and came home Sunday night. Another quick trip! But we got to see almost everyone this time.
Saturday, we started out by visiting my Grandma Perkins. She's 91 years young now. It was good to get to spend some time with her.
Then we spent the rest of the day with my mom and Jim...and Jeremy & Cathy and their kids. Rachel and Jackson always love spending time with their cousins.
Cousins...
Nana with her grandkids. All of them this year...
We stayed at my dad's house this time and Rachel and Jackson loved their new dog.
That afternoon, we went over and celebrated my grandparent's 65th wedding anniversary. Almost all of the family was there. Samuel played the piano for everyone (he's SO good!) and Julia, Rachel and Tori sang a few Christmas carols.
The whole group.
The originals...
We drove home Sunday night in the dark the whole way. They watched a movie and then slept most of the rest of the time. Jackson wasn't feeling good - we could tell he wasn't when he didn't want to eat and went over and laid down and went to sleep when everyone was eating dinner that evening... by the time we got home, he was running a fever. So we didn't do anything for Christmas Eve - his fever was off and on. Christmas Day, he was mostly okay...a little puny that morning, but then got better. And he's been okay since.
We stayed home and watched "The Santa Clause" on Christmas Eve. They got their new pajamas.
Jackson actually got two pairs because the first one he felt was a little small. I had saved another pair because I thought they were going to be too big, but he liked them better.
And Christmas morning...look what Santa left for them! Two new big stuffed animals!!
Rachel still loves sloths (in case you couldn't tell)...
Here she is in a sloth costume with her big sloth beside her...
All of us on our way to Michael's parent's house.
All of us - minus Jeffrey, Constance and their kids - they are out in LA and weren't here for
Christmas this year.
I got a selfie stick for Christmas and both kids liked playing with it...
Overall, it was a nice Christmas. The kids are out of school until January 8th...so we'll enjoy the slower paced days while we can.
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