Being with Family...PRICEless

This Christmas we headed south to be with my family, wait, not just my mom and dad, but my WHOLE family!!!! We were SOOO excited! For two weeks before I made sure no one got sick, so Tyler could not run outside in the cold, and we all were washing hands like crazy, getting lots of rest, because I really didn't want anyone to be sick over the vacation. We had a blast while with the family. I mean, really, that's the whole reason we are happy is because of our families, so we were filled to the max with happiness. 

To start things off, the night we got there we had our friends came over to have a little mini Christmas with them. Seeing Alexis and her mom was so great, I love these ladies, and was so happy to be able to see them, and chat with them. 

Alexis and I are super The Office fans, and so I had the opportunity to go and see the people who play Meredith and Oscar on the show here in NYC. They were signing reams of Dunder Mifflin paper, and so I had them sign it for her, since she couldn't be there. I got the picture with them and she got their autographs. :) Anyway, so she was super excited about that, and that I got her a Dundie Award. Yes, an actual Dundie Award to go on her desk at work. It was hilarious and great fun! 

It was the first time a lot of us got to play with this little guy, because we hadn't been out west to see them, and they had not be out east to see us until this Christmas. (It had been almost 3 years since we've all been together!) So we had great fun playing with Mr. D. :) He was so funny and great. I have a video of him that I put together of a fun little game with did with the camera. 

Can't get enough of this cute little smile!!!

Grandpa couldn't help seeing more of it either, so he started to blow raspberries on his tummy. 

So while Alexis and her mom, Beverly, were there, we visited and then they were about to leave. Well, we were getting their coats, and D thought it was time to go so he put on Beverly's vest and was ready to go with them. It was dang cute. Here is Beverly and D bonding.

Let me tell you something, having all of these cousins together was a BLAST! I'm not sure, wait, no, I know that I didn't see Spencer for most of the week we were there. It was crazy!!! I felt like he was always playing, and he had someone to play with all the time. He loved the time he had with his cousins and wishes he could live right next to them all. 

My brother's kids. So cute! Also the DS's were a big hit. 

So, one of the traditions of my family is to put as many puzzles together as we can while we are all together over Christmas. Every Christmas that I can remember growing up we were putting all the puzzles we had together, and we would get a new one every year. This was a hard one that Seth wanted to challenge us with, and we did it!!! We are intense puzzle-put-togetherers, really, we can actually strategize about how to put the puzzles together. "Okay you have this part, I have this part, you'll do this part. I found this piece for you, do you need anymore?" Seriously, these are some of the conversations. :) 

But it is fun and we love visiting while we put the puzzles together, and joking on each other. Fun times!