Family

For most people Christmas is a two week block of festivities. Which is totally exhausting! This year we were lucky enough to have a FULL MONTH of festivities!

 ...I am still exhausted...

The second week of December Dan's dad and step-mom came to town for a little visit. We had a lot of fun, but it was pretty hectic since the kids were still in school and Dan and myself were in the middle of finals for school. Then they left the day before winter vacation started - and then the two weeks of parties began - then as life is returning to normal Dan's little brother Cory, and his wife and two boys came into town (they are stationed in Italy for the Air Force) and so we partied it up with them for about 10 days. At some point during their stay one person had a full days rest, since we were passing around the flu.

We really had SO MUCH FUN (other than the flu part) but man oh man - I am tired and FULL! Why do we feel the need to eat so much when we are with family???

When Cory & Hayley was here we were able to get a picture of all the grand kids on the Linn side. It is pretty rare to have everyone together!