Merry Merry Christmas!

This year Mike and I had and early Christmas with my immediate family in College Station and then we went to Kansas for Christmas Day weekend. My parents were so kind to come to College Station so Kelley, Brian, Katelyn and I wouldn't have to travel anywhere. We all met up at Kelley and Brian's cabin they were staying in. When my mom and dad arrived with the presents Mike was a little shocked. My family loves to give each other presents so we had quite a few gifts. Picture courtesy of Mike:

We had a great dinner that Kelley and Brian fixed. We exchanged presents, played with Lucy and got to relax. It was a wonderful day spending time with family even if it wasn't on Christmas Day.














We decided to go to Kansas for Christmas Day weekend. One of the main reasons that we went was that Everett, Mike's nephew, was going to be there. Everett, Xianne and Isaac live in Singapore and they decided to come to the states for Christmas. This would be the second time that we got to see Everett so we were super excited! The entire family took turns playing with and holding Evie. He had an adorable Santa suit that he was wearing too!

 

 Evie probably received the most presents, but how could you not buy that little boy something? He was so great over the holidays. On Christmas Day the Penny's had Carmen's side of the family over for food and a gift exchange. The food was wonderful and it was great to see everyone. The gift exchange was fun too. There were tons of laughs and a lot of stealing presents. After lunch we all relaxed and didn't do much of anything. Mike and I went on a walk downtown and window shopped. It had snowed a couple of days before so we did have a white Christmas.

The next day Mike and I visited his Nonny and Aunt Susan just across town. It's always good visiting with them.

That evening we went with Jeremiah, Mike's friend, to pick out an engagement ring for his girlfriend. He picked out a gorgeous one! On New Year's Eve Mike and I got together Jeremiah and Tyler. We had dinner and then headed over to the casino in Kansas City. We had a great time and didn't lose too much money. :) The next day Dave, Carmen, Elijah, Mike and I went over to Uncle Mike and Aunt Michelle's house to visit with them and Aaron. While there Mike said he wasn't feeling well so he laid down. Ends up that Mike came down with something and stayed in bed for the next couple of days. In between looking in on him, Mike's mom and I went on walks and ran some errands. When it was time to leave Mike still wasn't feeling well so I drove back to Texas while he rested and slept.