It's Sunday evening we we're just getting settled back in from a very busy, fun Thanksgiving break. We've done a lot of traveling in the last five days, but it was all worth it!
We left Nevada on Wednesday and headed to Emmetsburg. We were excited to get back to see Uncle Marc and meet his girl friend, Amanda. It was so great to finally meet her. It was great to see KD, Marc's dog too. :) Mom and Dad had a wonderful supper for us. They even babysat for us so we could meet up with a few friends.
On Thursday, we headed to my Aunt Danita and Uncle John's house. The food was amazing! It was so great to see some of my mom's side of the family. Tate loved it too because they have lots of John Deere tractors! He was in heaven!
On Friday morning, our best family friends, Emily and Keegan came out to Mom and Dad's. Tate and Keegan had a blast.
Later in the day on Friday we headed three hours to Creston to Mike and Jean Ann's. When we got to town, we stopped and saw some of Blair's friends and caught up with them for a little bit.
Blair requested A&G pizza for supper and we just played for the evening and went to bed early to prepare for another day of travels.
On Saturday, we left Creston and headed to St. Joe to see Aunt Maagie and the gang. We were actually celebrating Christmas, and it was a great first one of the season. We had Aunt Maagie's favorite fried chicken and then played at her house for the afternoon. Even the adults had fun as we played several games of Rumikub. It brought back lots of memories. Susan, Ashlei, and Baby Ali were there. We finally got to meet Ali. She is so adorable and such a happy baby. Later Jim and Diana came and joined in on the fun! :) It was a great day!
On the way back to Creston, we stopped at Grandma Janis' house for a quick visit. We were there long enough for Tate to drag out all of Papa D's farm toys and to enjoy some of Grandma's left over turkey.
This morning we got packed up and before we headed out of town we had a quick breakfast. We were home by 12:30 and had a busy day of unpacking, laundry, and a little Christmas decorating. This is the first time in several years that we put up an artificial tree. At breakfast this morning, we were discussing how we were going to stop and pick up our tree. Jean Ann told us that they had a tree that they were no longer using and said we could take it. We did! We put it up today and it looks pretty good! I was impressed. So after putting it all together and propping it up on a box, I have to say that I love it! \It feels like Christmas at this Taylor house! :)
And tomorrow we start The Elf on the Shelf tradition with Tate. Tonight we read the book and talked about what we're going to name him. Tate wanted to call him Roller-Coaster" (haha Random), but we settled on Bronco. So Bronco the Elf will arrive tomorrow morning! He was excited when he went to bed, so we'll see! :)
Now, I know I'm a bit crazy but BRING ON THE SNOW! :)
