Wonderful Christmastime
We had a wonderful time on our trip to Texas! It was a very quick but very fun trip!
We left Denver Thursday evening after work and stopped at a hotel along the way. We planned to get a good night's rest and be refreshed for the remainder of the drive, but things seldom go as we plan them. Something spooked Oscar, because he barked frequently throughout the night. I kept waking up to hush him, so we all ended up getting very little sleep.
We ended up arriving in Wichita Falls around 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. We decided to take naps while my mom ran a quick errand. While we were sleeping, though, my mom came back and laid down. She was having horrible pain, which she though was a kidney stone but ended up as an intestinal blockage. She ended up going to the ER Friday night but was treated and released. I was so afraid we would have to spend Christmas in the hospital!
We have a family tradition of celebrating Christmas each year with our friends the Beavers. We planned to do that Friday night, but Mom was in so much pain she sent us kids on and Dad stayed home and then took her to the ER. We felt really guilty leaving her in pain while we went and had fun, but we went on and enjoyed a good dinner and fun games.
Each Christmas eve, we have dinner at my grandma's house (on my dad's side). He has lots of siblings, so it is a big, crazy gathering. We do the "Chinese" gift exchange each year, and we ended up with a $20 Target card (a good return on our $14 investment). We do the food potluck-style, so it is always very yummy.
We come back home after that and wait for Santa to come. Thank goodness we didn't have to get up as early this year, but Josh insisted we get up at 6 am. We went down and checked out our stockings and opened gifts. We received many wonderful things! We then went to church (after a wardrobe malfuntion) and afterwards headed to my mom's sister's house to eat lunch with her family. More good food and good times were had by all!
We headed back to Denver and arrived back about 7:30 pm. I was so tired but am feeling better today. It was good to be home, but our time with my family was way too short. Hopefully one of these days we can visit them and have nothing else to do while we are there!
We left Denver Thursday evening after work and stopped at a hotel along the way. We planned to get a good night's rest and be refreshed for the remainder of the drive, but things seldom go as we plan them. Something spooked Oscar, because he barked frequently throughout the night. I kept waking up to hush him, so we all ended up getting very little sleep.
We ended up arriving in Wichita Falls around 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. We decided to take naps while my mom ran a quick errand. While we were sleeping, though, my mom came back and laid down. She was having horrible pain, which she though was a kidney stone but ended up as an intestinal blockage. She ended up going to the ER Friday night but was treated and released. I was so afraid we would have to spend Christmas in the hospital!
We have a family tradition of celebrating Christmas each year with our friends the Beavers. We planned to do that Friday night, but Mom was in so much pain she sent us kids on and Dad stayed home and then took her to the ER. We felt really guilty leaving her in pain while we went and had fun, but we went on and enjoyed a good dinner and fun games.
Each Christmas eve, we have dinner at my grandma's house (on my dad's side). He has lots of siblings, so it is a big, crazy gathering. We do the "Chinese" gift exchange each year, and we ended up with a $20 Target card (a good return on our $14 investment). We do the food potluck-style, so it is always very yummy.
We come back home after that and wait for Santa to come. Thank goodness we didn't have to get up as early this year, but Josh insisted we get up at 6 am. We went down and checked out our stockings and opened gifts. We received many wonderful things! We then went to church (after a wardrobe malfuntion) and afterwards headed to my mom's sister's house to eat lunch with her family. More good food and good times were had by all!
We headed back to Denver and arrived back about 7:30 pm. I was so tired but am feeling better today. It was good to be home, but our time with my family was way too short. Hopefully one of these days we can visit them and have nothing else to do while we are there!
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