Christmas

Megan and I had a wonderful Christmas this year!  On Christmas Eve we got to spend time with Megan's family in Decatur, spend time with my Grandma Eva and my dad's family before going to the great Christmas Eve Service at CrossRoads Christian Church.  Then Megan and I went home and opened the gifts that we got for each other.

On Christmas day Megan and I slept in a little bit, then we got up and went over to Brock & Emily's to give them the gift we got them and Ryker the gift that we got him!  Ryker's first Christmas was quite something.  He has all kinds of stuff that he'll remember this one from.  Megan and I got to take some pictures of the Dieu family together, hang out and just talk for a little while, but then it was on to the next.

We went to Sue & Fred's to exchange gifts between Sue & Fred, Katie, and Chas (Katie's boyfriend).  We ate brunch with them, exchanged gifts and it was off again.  The next stop was my parents' house where we were having all of my mom's family over for lunch and exchanging more gifts.  Everyone had a really good time, but my Uncle Bob wasn't able to make it this year.  Megan and I are going to be going with my parents and my sister and her boyfriend to an NBA basketball game in March!

After spending time with my mom's side of the family, it was time to see Megan's mom's side of the family.  We drove out to Mark & Cindy's house where everybody was getting together.  Of course we ate some more food and exchanged gifts, but then it was time to play some games.  So there was a group of 9 that sat around the dining room table and played Apples to Apples for like 2 or 3 hours!  It was a lot of fun and a great way to end the night.  There were a lot of laughs!

The Season

Thanksgiving is in the rearview mirror and Christmas is coming fast.  Luckily Megan and I are taking some time during this busy season to spend relaxing.  We are going to go on a small trip to the other side of Ohio here pretty soon to see some of our good friends! (Ry & Heather).  We really miss seeing them and have talked about going to see them for awhile now.  So, it will be nice to get away a little bit during this crazy time of year and spend some relaxing time together and with some of the people we love.

If you get overwhelmed a lot during this time of year, maybe you should save some vacation time for just this season.  Take a couple days off and go for a short vacation, even if it's just to relax and do nothing.  It makes its so much more enjoyable to know that Megan and I are going to have a few days where we won't worry about anything except which way do we want to go to get to Ohio!