First trip was to Fort Wayne to hang with Ian and Jen and the boys and deliever their large present - a sandbox! A nice break to the drive to Greenwood which we started Saturday morning. Then the partying began. The Greenwood friends all came over to the house for a Christmas celebration and it was great to see everyone. Great food and friendship.
Sunday, we enjoyed a nice relaxing day with some Colts football and then a big Christmas dinner with Frikadeller, a Danish meatball of sorts, mashed potatoes, sweet corn, rolls, green bean casserole and more. So yummy and filling. Dessert was postponed until later when we had room. We burned off a few calories by dancing around the Christmas tree and opening a few gifts. I also got my first lesson in making aebleskiver, another Danish recipe that arel like pancakes in ball.
Christmas Eve was filled with breakfast and then more presents! Ryan and I loaded up and hit the road about 12:30 to come back home for a night, go to church and regroup before the second half of Christmas.
Ryan and I celebrated our first Christmas as husband and wife with a nice filet dinner and some sparkling cidar. We opened gifts and enjoyed the quiet for a few moments before heading to candlelight church service. We realized the Christmas Eve church at 10:00 pm doesn't fill up like St. Paul - we arrived nice and early and then sat in the car and waited for a few more people to show up before heading in.
Then bright and early... well like 7:30 we work up to load up again and head to Unionville for lunch and Julie and Jason's with all you can each perch. And man did we eat! Not sure we ever really got hungry again for the rest of the day, despite eating some more snacks. Then over to mom's for present opening. Her and dad outdid themselves again and we felt very blessed. Baby D did quite well including a crib, a RAD Farms onsie and a Lakke Ewald Farms onsie and much more.
Day after Christmas was celebrated with Reicks. Always love seeing them and hanging out. It's so great that they are back in Michigan (well kind of), but we just hung out and caught up and relaxed. I also got my first lesson in making donut dough - which will go great since Mom got me a deep fryer!
Day 2 post Christmas, a party at Dad's with the Ewalds. More yummy food and this time lots of Echre - which I might add the cousins won both games. We still have it despite not having played all together in quite some time.
The Day 3 post Christmas, we headed home nice and early to take Joey to the vet to get his stiches out and unload. Day 4 post Christmas, I headed back to Saginaw for Uncle David's Christmas festivities. Great to see everyone, but my social skills were wearing thin and I was ready to be home for an entire day.
But regardless... we got to see lots of friends and family and celebrate our last Christmas as 2. Next year will bring a whole new meaning to Christmas.
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