Like I stated earlier, we celebrated Christmas with my family the weekend before Christmas. It was just what worked best for everyone, especially Laura and Jeff as they wanted to be able to see their nieces and nephew. We got to Charleston on the 16th and Laura and Jeff arrived on the 17th. Friday night was pretty low key. Matt and Cynthia and the kids came over for dinner of course. Mom made a Chicken Pot Pie for dinner and we enjoyed each other's company. Especially the kids! They are always so excited to see one another that they just play and play and play and are of course a little loud too!
On Saturday we were planning on celebrating the holiday. The day started with Jeff and Laura treating the girls to a movie. They came home and napped and around 4pm the festivities began. The kids had so much fun opening the gifts. I am pretty sure us grown ups had just as much fun watching them. Leah had already gotten her Jeep from Gigi and Papa. She also got a box of clothes. Two pairs of pajamas and the Fisher Price Happy Sounds Doll House~She loved it! She got a Woody Doll from Macy, Colby, Matt and Cynthia and Leapfrog Tag-Toy Story set from Jeff and Laura. Little girl was in Heaven. She is so vocal and articulate and of course Papa loves to tease her. He kept saying to her "Leah that's not yours, that's mine" and she would get so fired up she would yell right back at him "NO, that's not your's Papa, You stop Teasing Me." Everyone was getting a kick out of it. She is full of spunk, that one. Kiersten got her American Girl Doll, Clothes, PJ's, a Vtech Learning Turtle, A laptop and her Fisher Price Kitchen Set which seems to be a big hit. She did great just crawling around watching everyone and seemed so happy the entire time. Secretly I think Colby is her favorite...probably because he is the closest to her size.
After all the gifts had been unwrapped and the kids were calming down, we moved to the dining room for dinner. Mitch had "helped" my mom prepare an amazing Prime Rib Dinner with a horseradish/mustard glaze and a delicious whipped Horseradish sauce on the side, mashed potatoes, asparagus, corn and a tossed salad. It was DELICIOUS! Even Leah couldn't help but over indulge. I don't remember my mom being a great cook when I was a kid, but nowadays she does it up right! Of course it helps that she has my master chef husband helping her every step of the way. So glad I married a man that cooks ;) We followed up dinner with a Red Velvet Cake Cheesecake that was heavenly...Colby couldn't stop eating it. It was the Merriest of Christmases!
After dinner the Christmas music got turned on in the living room and the kids went crazy dancing and wearing crazy animal hats that Aunt Laura and Uncle Jeff had brought from Mexico. It was a hoot to watch them and the night ended with Laura "attempting" and I use the term loosely, to give Macy ballet lessons. That was Macy's big gift this year. Gigi and Papa are paying for her to start dance and got her the clothes and shoes she will need.
Sunday we had Christmas with the entire Myerscough family. We don't get to spend enough time together and there are so many of us, it is hard to catch up with everyone. But it's always so nice. Almost all of us were there and the kids played together so well. As of right now there will be 3 new little Myerscough cousins joining the party next year. Tara is due Feb. 3rd, Sanya is due Feb. 11th and Tiffany is due June 26th...they will make great-grandkids #15, 16 and 17! Wow, that's a lot of little kids running wild. Anyway, it was a fantastic holiday and we were so glad we made the trip as usual.
Monday it started...the flu hit and it hit hard. Kiersten woke up throwing up in her crib. By Monday nigh Mitch was down. I got struck about 3 AM on Tuesday and Tuesday evening Leah was hit hard too...we all recovered and moved on to Christmas in Minnesota. At least it was short lived and we were able to celebrate with everyone.
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