Christmas! 4 Times!??!?!

Since the grand parents are spread out between Grand Blanc and Woodstock, and we had to to be nimble and quick. In total$, we ended up having 4, count them, 4 Christmases in the span of 3 weeks. Whew. Now people can understand why I had to go back to work to get some rest! Here we go... Try to follow along if you can.

We started out with Ben's Holiday Songfest at school. I made a crucial mistake and let him see me before the show started. Ben wanted to come sit with me. He didn't sing a single note during the whole performance :( Luckily, we knew he knows the song because he's been practicing at home for the last month.

I did get to video tape it, but being the novice camera man I accidentally taped over it later.

Our first stop for the Holidays was the Weber family Christmas party. This year it was held at Uncle David and and Aunt Gayle's farm.

(pics to come)

We all had fun on a hay ride. But Ben also got to ride a Welsh Pony and the Goat!

(pics to come)

After all of that, and dinner, we got to open the "stocking's" and presents.

After a quick drive home and a furious pace of packing for 2 kids, 2 dogs, presents and ourselves, we got some sleep. In the morning, we got to open the presents from England, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis.


Ben was a lucky boy and got a REAL tool box and REAL tools for working on projects around the house with me.

We then travelled to Woodstock for Christmas with Meemaw and BaBa.

Ben and BaBa hung the stockings by the fireplace in hopes that Santa would be generous.

And of course he was :)

And there were presents under the tree as well!

Bren and Jon got bitten by the Christmas bug. Jon maybe a little more :)

Then after driving back to Grand Rapids and a day of work for me, we spent New Years' Day at Grandma and Grampa's house. Yet another tree and even more presents! Will it ever end?

Grandpa got to show Ben the finer points of driving a train around the tree.

Whew... I'm tired just reading about it all again. We hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season, ours was filled with family joy and sharing and that is all that matters.

Wrapping up the Holidays, all of us wish you and yours a Happy and prosperous New Year.

Will, Brenna, Ben and Jon