~Sisters~: Christmas on the Farm

Friday, December 28, 2012

Christmas on the Farm

We packed up and made a trip up to Newcastle to celebrate Christmas with Jason's family last Saturday. We got into town around 2:30pm and drove right to the Fire Hall to see Santa! Santa was there with lots of little goodies for the kids, and even some for the adults! They had a drawing and each of the girls got a present and Jason won $25 in Newcastle dollars! It was fun for all!

We got back to the house and unpacked and just relaxed. Matt, Sabina and cousin Miles got into town a few hours after we did so the girls played with their cousin on Saturday night. Grandma Romaine made a yummy casserole for dinner and then the girls had baths, got jammies on and headed to bed! I had been sick for about 5 days at this point so I went to bed with the girls.

Avery decided that she didn't want to sleep much on Saturday night and woke up, and I mean WIDE AWAKE, at 1:30am and was up until about 2:00pm on Sunday. This made for one tired and crabby little girl and some tired parents. I went for a freezing cold run on the country hills Sunday morning and then came home and got ready for the day's festivities. We had a noon meal with all of Jason's siblings and their families. There were lots of yummy things to eat! The kids opened presents after lunch and then the guys took the little ones out for a ride on the toboggan...minus Avery who crashed even before she opened up presents. Sunday evening we played Pitch and Bingo and just enjoyed being with family. It isn't very often when you can get everyone together at the same time. We did miss Gary and Becky and family who weren't able to be there from California, but we were able to see them on SKYPE that afternoon. We also missed Uncle John who was at home battling the stomach flu...no fun at all!

Thank you to Romaine and Eddie for hosting another wonderful Christmas celebration!