Happy Holidays, everyone! Due to bad weather, and Justin's awesome new boss, we were able to rearrange travel plans (ehem...again) and spend Christmas in Grandview before our drive to San Jose. We drove over to Gtown on Tuesday to spend three action-packed days of presents, Wiis, Xboxes, cousins, carols and, of course, food.
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Christmas Eve was spent at the Emerson's. We followed Emerson tradition by lounging the day away before indulging in homemade clam chowder before the Christmas Eve candlelight service at our church. Later in the evening we opened presents, and:
Dad got a fire extinguisher for the motor home,
Mom got some new loppers for the yard, and
I got some new slippers!!!!!
Mom and dad got each other a Wii - dad really enjoys the bowling game. Just look at how he focuses!
Joe got an Xbox game that led to lots of Joe-Justin bonding time at Fort Joe (located in the basement). Madden + Guitar Hero = JoeAndJustinWereInTheBasementTheWholeTime! :)
Christmas Day was spent at the Olmstead's. Events kicked off with brunch, then presents, a nap, snack time, spiked cocoa, spiked cider, spiked egg nog and another nap.
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Mom and dad opening gifts.
Carl and Lexi, buried in presents.
After dinner we all played Rock Band and Wii bowling, took another nap and ate dessert. Then Joe, Justin and Donnie tied sleds to the 4-wheelers to do some serious "sledding" through the orchards. The camera was not allowed to go sledding, so we have no documentation, but this was said to be the best sledding ever!
We left around noon Friday for Seattle. It was a brisk 14' F for the trek over the pass, and luckily we made it back in time before the storm.
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
1 comment:
Looks like you all had a great time! I am glad you were able to see the fam before the big trip down to San Jose. I hope Joe and Justin came up for air at least once! And there sure were a lot of "spiked" beverages to choose from. Merry Christmas!
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