Christmas week

The Friday before Christmas we celebrated the holidays with our good friends Marci, Brent, Jackson and Stella. They were our neighbors before they left us. Heheheh Marci and the kids came over about 4 and soon after that the dads joined us. We exchanged little gifts and then walked to our favorite Mexican restaurant. It was a very nice night. The next night was our Christmas with the Hoekstra’s. We all met at a restaurant and had a yummy dinner and then headed back to John’s dad’s house for dessert and a gift exchange. That started the spoiling of the girls for this season. They got a sled and some snow fort making blocks (kind of like buckets for the snow) books, clothes and lots of other stuff. Nana gave Avery a doll that was hers. Her name is Mary Ann and she is around 53 years old. Av LOVES it. Mary Ann pretty much goes where Av does. Mary Ann is very heavy (sometimes Av has a hard time carrying her) and life-like. A lot of time out of the corner of my eye I will think its Camille. Hehhehehe It was a very special present. On Sunday the girls and I got up and started our drive to WV. It went pretty well. My parents met us half way and after that Camille was kind of fussy and didn’t want to be in her car seat but we made it. It was exactly the week I was wanting. Good times with family. We saw both sides of my parent’s families in Pittsburg. It was great to see cousins and aunts and uncles that I had not see in a long time. On my dad’s side my cousins have kids that Avery fit right in with and played with them like she plays with them all the time. It’s really nice to see her start to come out of her shell. We also went to the Pittsburg science center, which both girls (and the adults) loved.