Well, it was another cracker jack Christmas for the Schultz family! We traveled safely up north. Spent the night at a hotel in Mason City, Iowa. Ate Casey's Pizza for Christmas dinner, all because Mitch had to work in Marshall Minnesota, on the 26th. Fortunately, Shelby drove to Marshall to meet me, we left Tootie's car with Mitch, and then Shelby and I took the kids back to Montevideo.
Friday was pretty low key...Spaghetti for dinner. All the kids played. Dave got home from work and wasn't feeling well. So he went straight to bed. Todd and Lori arrived around 9, so we had a chance to really catch up with them. Then we all played Cards Against Humanity. The next morning Dave was still really not feeling well. He has spent 3 of the last 4 Christmases dealing with somehing medical...and now he is 2 for 2 on visiting the local ER. He and Tootie, went to the ER around 11:30 on Saturday, while Christmas dinner was being served at noon. They got back home around 2:30, and the diagnosis was a bladder infection. So went opened presents and spent the rest of the day without Grandpa. Thankfully on Sunday he was feeling much better and got to join us, and see the kids for a bit before we headed out.
The kids got lots of wonderful gifts. Frozen night lights, new dance bags, Flashlight friends...they never want for anything with all of our wonderful family. The gift I was most excited about this Christmas was the gift for my nephew Justin. My wonderful brother in law, Jeff, who works for the NBA helped me score two tickets to the Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game the end of January. I'm really hoping that Mitch's work travels will allow him to join Justin for the game. They aren't just "tickets" they are VIP tickets in the Treasure Island Club with complimentary food and beverage. Justin said he had been trying to get tickets to go see his idol, Lebron James, play but even the standing room only tickets were already up to $80 a piece. He was thrilled!
One of the highlights of the weekend was playing the games that Aunt Lisa brought. The kids really enjoyed them. You had to stuff a marshmallow into your mouth and read something on a card. Everytime adding another marshmallow, and everyone had to guess what was being said. It was a hoot. Bradyn, Leah and Kiersten really enjoyed it, and Justin and Mitch sure were good sports. Hattie thought it was hilarious, and subsequently probably ate a good 10 marshmallows. Oh well, it was the holidays!
Overall, it was a very nice time. Hopefully next year Grandpa can make it through the holiday healthy!
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