Christmas Recap

Well, we have certainly been on the move since last week, so here is a brief recap:

• We headed out the door towards Pratt at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday to spend Christmas with the Bohn family. Believe it or not, that was actually a slow morning for me ;)
• We attended a very brief Christmas Eve service with the whole clan and then made our way home for our new Christmas Eve tradition - the Christmas Story Play! That's right my friends, my brothers and sisters and Brandon and I each got a role in the Christmas story and acted it out for my nieces, who happen to be two and one. Yeah, you can imagine how that went. I think it might have lasted ten minutes, start to finish and that included wardrobe!! Here are a few pictures for proof:

(I was Mary and Brandon was Joseph, unfortunately, Koby was not allowed to be Baby Jesus)

• Christmas Day was spent doing a lot of lounging, eating and gift-opening. I scored a new brown tweed coat and Brandon received a new watch! It almost didn't feel like Christmas because the weather was soo beautiful, so Friday, we spent the day outside at the park with the kiddos and the dogs. Brandon and Natalie also experienced their first pizza taco for lunch!
• Saturday, we made our way back to Wichita for the Bohn Family Christmas celebration. We had to stop by our house to pick up a few gifts and drop the dogs off, but as we walked in we realized that it was cooler than we expected, so Brandon checked the thermostat and sure enough, our heater had gone out - it was 56 degrees. After a call to the repair man, we decided to suck it up and be cold for a few days rather than paying a crazy amount of money to get it fixed over the weekend. Not wanting to waste any time in the frigid house, we headed to my aunt's house. Again, there was lots of food and lots of presents. It was great to catch up with family - one of my cousins recently got engaged, so I was happy to talk wedding plans with his lovely fiance!
• We came home late and holed up in our bedroom with our space heater, two down comforters, a fleece blanket, a really warm dog and season 2 of The Office (one of Brandon's Christmas gifts)!
• Yesterday, was spent hanging out with my aunt and her family, since it was still FREEZING in our house. It was a great day of lounging - the girls watche Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 1 and 2, while the boys watched football and Iron Man.
• And, today, we got the heater fixed!!! I was so happy to get up and move around without 72 layers of clothing on! I also had a fun girly day with one of my friends - we shopped and had lunch and took advantage of a couple of good after Christmas sales!

The weekend was a perfect mix of relaxtion and fun and now, we're resting up for another celebration with the Brungardt family!