Christmas in Coeur d'Alene

My bro and his girlfriend Melanie

Macy hangin' with Uncle Kel

Kelsey and Grandpa

Sister and Momma

Aaahhh--another Christmas morning

Stac and Kels all cozy

Cheese!

Checking out their new game Apples to Apples

Showing off their cute new jackets!

The big girls!

Macy taking a pic

Court, Melanie and the girls

I think it's going to be a strike!

Nice and easy

We look like a little family--here we are just getting ready to head to the airport.

Every January, we head to my parents house to celebrate a belated Christmas all together. It is a way for us all to have the holiday at home, as well as continue our family traditions from when we were kids and be able to all see each other. I love this time with my family!

Uncle Kelly was a huge hit this year as Kelsey and Macy really warmed up to him. They wrestled, drew pictures, played ping pong, played numerous games with him and even cuddled on the couch with him. It made him so happy to be a hit with the nieces.

We definitely played a lot of fun games. I LOVE games!! We played Outburst and a new game called Things (this was a lot of fun and many laughs) that my parents bought us. We tried out Qwirkle (great adult and kid strategy game), Apple to Apples for Kids, LCR (dice and chip game), bingo, and hide-and-go-seek.

We had our traditional Christmas Eve with meat, cheese, and cracker dinner (along w/ a few other yummy, not-so-good for you foods, and we watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. The only bad thing about that is we all have it memorized and can't resist saying all of the lines before they actually say them in the movie.

We had a wonderful Christmas morning and had a traditional turkey dinner the next day too. I love this time with my family, and I am so thankful to be able to go home and spend time all together. I look forward to the next time!! I love and miss them so much!