Oops - back up one

Before we left to make the trek to the parents/grandparents over Christmas, we had our very own Christmas here. Christmas Eve was a very bad day around our home - so bad that Miss Ella wrote a letter to Santa begging him to stop at our home, but understanding if he just thought she was on the naughty list and skipped over us this year. Well, lucky for Ella - Santa changed his mind and made a very nice stop for us!

Christmas morning was a wonderful morning with Santa's good graces being seen and our ability to make it to church - although the roads were terrible. Many did make it to Mass, but some unfortunately could not. The Bishop even came out saying, It's ok to miss Mass due to the weather.... geesh!

Ella's favorite gifts - her 'Nintendo DS' (aka VSmile learning portal), her new golf bag and her new sunglasses. And Alexis - well I'm sure she'll like most of her gifts later, but for now, she really likes this light up Seahorse that plays music for 5 minutes straight. Talk about a God send for car trips for a kid who hates her car seat and just cries. Needless to say, traveling is getting better with her.