Christmas Weekend

I am not one to complain about anything Christmas-related, but for this post I'm making an exception. Was anyone else very annoyed by the fact that Christmas was on a weekend this year, and a Sunday at that?! With a husband who doesn't get a lot of holiday time off work, this made our multiple celebrations a little complicated. However, that's my only complaint. The rest of the holiday was absolutely fabulous because we got to do all of the things we love best: spend time with the ones we love, eat good food and laugh until our stomachs hurt.

In the interest of brevity, below is a little Christmas timeline for you with photos of our celebrations.

Dec. 23, 6:30 p.m. - Kyle gets off work and we head to Wichita to spend the night with Greg and Stacie. It was likely our last night to spend with them as couples who are married with no children. Little Henry will be joining us any day now!

Dec. 24, 11:00 a.m. - I take Kyle to the Derby Medical Center to be treated for a sinus infection. :( The doctor was a little snippy, but he got Kyle the medicine he needed, so it was well worth it. He wasn't 100% for the rest of the week, but it definitely helped him.

Dec. 24, 4:30 p.m. - Christmas with the Fox Family!
 Santa brought Kyle this dancing Christmas tree hat for Christmas. 




 Henry got lots of books for Christmas!
 The Fox girls with our ornaments!

Grandma and Grandpa Fox 

Dec. 24, 9:30 p.m. - We arrive in Hennessey just before Asher and Kyle go to bed. The siblings stay up until 2 a.m. talking about pretty much anything and everything.

Dec. 25, 7:30 a.m. - Asher wakes up and so does the rest of the house. We ate breakfast while waiting to open presents until 9:30 p.m.
 Asher showing us Riley, his favorite Christmas present!

 Asher thought his new horse and cow belonged in the tree.

Dec. 25, 3:00 p.m. - Christmas with the Taylor Family!

The 4T's

Aunt Cheryl gave all 10 cousins (and their spouses) quilts she had made over the years. This is a picture with ALMOST all of us. I'm not sure we will all ever be in the same place on Christmas since life is taking us in all directions. All we can do is enjoy the time we do have together.

Dec. 25, 10:00 p.m. - We make it home just in time for Kyle to watch the news, do a word find and hit the sack. We both had to work on Monday, and we were exhausted!

Dec. 27, 2:30 p.m. - I stop by the dealership on my way to Kansas to say goodbye to Kyle.

Dec. 27, 8:30 p.m. - Mom, Dad and I arrive in Kansas. I was the only Taylor child to make it this year, which was super strange.

Landon is now just over a year old and he is SO good a playing catch. The quality of this video isn't great, but look at the arm that kid has! And it's his left arm at that! :) 

Dec. 28, 5:00 p.m - Christmas with the Donahue Family!

 Grandma and Grandpa got the Minute to Win It game for Christmas and we had fun playing it.

Dec. 30, 1:00 a.m. - I am home from Kansas and posting the last blog of 2011! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Chi-town Shenanigans

Image
The Tuesday before last, I left for a trip to Chicago. The annual ADRP conference was there this year and while I've been in the past, this year was different because our ENTIRE team went. There were seven of us in all, and we had so much fun together! Chicago is a place I've never really been dying to visit. I haven't been opposed, it just wasn't on the top of my list. However, after going there, I definitely want to go back. It's a very clean city and there is so much to do and so many wonderful things to see. Kyle and I will have to plan a trip there some day. If I learned one thing this trip it was that I work with the most awesome people! On the airport parking shuttle on our way home we met a lady. She said she opted to take the full shuttle because she and four of her coworkers had been together for four days and needed a little time apart. We all smiled and nodded as if we understood completely, but in that moment I couldn't. We spent our spare ti...
Read more

Love Text

Image
I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned this before, but I LOVE the first Sex and the City Movie. The second, not so much, but I’m pretty sure everyone in America agrees with me on that one. I watched it while I was sick last week. In the movie, there’s an exchange between Carrie and Big that goes a little something like this: C: “Have you ever written me a love letter?” B: “Does a love fax count?” C: “When have I EVER gotten a love fax?” B: “Oh, I'm sure my secretary sent you one...at some point. What can I tell you, baby? It's just not my style. Besides, those guys had to write. They were separated from their loves by wars and hundreds and hundreds of miles. I'm right here. Hello. You make me very happy.” C: “Yeah, yeah. Put it in writing.” Comic genius. Anyway, that got me thinking that Kyle and I rarely ever stop to focus on what we love about each other. Unfortunately we spend far too much time pointing out things we wish the other would do differently....
Read more

Spring Break

Image
Contrary to popular belief, the OSU Foundation is not closed during spring break. In fact, we are open on most of the university-specific holidays. However, I was fortunate to be able to take 1 1/2 days off to spend a little time with the family during their break. My parents, Zach, Stacy and Asher had planned to visit my Donahue grandparents in Kansas, so I decided to tag along. Poor Kyle had to work, but he also got to spend the weekend with Greg and Stacie. They took him to a Thunder game and then out for golf on Saturday. They also found some basketball video game Greg and Kyle used to play as kids so that entertained them for most of Saturday evening. Stacie sent me this photo. They won with a dunk during the final seconds of the game. I think they're excited! :) Back on the farm, we got to spend a little time with Landon, who is now 6 months old. It's hard to believe how big his is! He is even sitting up on his own. Asher did pretty good with him although he did unintenti...
Read more