Once we all arrived in Eugene, we had a great time with our families. We spent the first half of the week at Brandon's house. We were able to celebrate Joy's birthday, play games with both of our families and have lunch with his grandparents. The night we celebrated Joy's birthday, we also played our own version of the Japanese Marshmallow Game. Brandon and his dad set up a contraption for us to play the game and we played boys vs. girls. Needless to say, the boys won by a lot, but we laughed harder when it was our turn! It was way too funny!
On Christmas Eve, we spent the night at my parents best friend's house, Trish and Dennis. This is an annual tradition and it was fun to catch up with their family. We then went back to my house to open a few gifts. On Christmas we were blessed to be able to spend the morning and evening with my family and the afternoon with Brandon's. It is so nice that we only live 5 minutes from each other. We had a great Christmas spending time with our families. The rest of the week, we played more games, relaxed, went shopping, saw Marley & Me (which is sad by the way...I thought it was just supposed to be funny) and spent time with friends. It was a great week and although it was hard to leave, I feel blessed to have been able to spend at least some time with my family.
Here are some of the pictures from the week. I will post the pictures from Christmas to the end of the week tomorrow.
On Christmas Eve, we spent the night at my parents best friend's house, Trish and Dennis. This is an annual tradition and it was fun to catch up with their family. We then went back to my house to open a few gifts. On Christmas we were blessed to be able to spend the morning and evening with my family and the afternoon with Brandon's. It is so nice that we only live 5 minutes from each other. We had a great Christmas spending time with our families. The rest of the week, we played more games, relaxed, went shopping, saw Marley & Me (which is sad by the way...I thought it was just supposed to be funny) and spent time with friends. It was a great week and although it was hard to leave, I feel blessed to have been able to spend at least some time with my family.
Here are some of the pictures from the week. I will post the pictures from Christmas to the end of the week tomorrow.
We celebrated Joy's birthday
Brandon with his grandparents, Joyce and Norm (Obaa & Ojii)
Brandon and IsaacIf you haven't seen the real Japanese marshmallow game video, click here!
Pictures from our marshmallow game
More games at our house
Kyle opening an early Christmas present - Rock Band for the Wii!
Lunch at Obaa and Ojii's
Brandon and Ojii
We drove by some awesome Christmas lights in a neighborhood near Brandon's house
We drove by some awesome Christmas lights in a neighborhood near Brandon's house
Christmas Eve at Trish and Dennis'
Dennis and Trish were so nice to have us over
My grandmas - Lillian and Mary K.
Christmas Eve at my house
Christmas Eve at my house
We opened a few gifts on Christmas Eve
My grandma Lil with her new outfit from my sister
4 comments:
Kristen!
Good to hear you had a fun time at home and you made it safely back to Rochester. I LOVE the pics from the marshmallow game!!! That looks hilarious! And ps. I too saw marley and me and did not expect it to be a sad movie either!
Miss you!!
Cassi
I like your new background.
Love, Dad
Wonderful times together. We appreciate the effort all of you made to make this a memorable Christmas.
Looks like you had a fun time home! All your pictures made me wish I had put more of mine up too! ha Oh well. We'll get together soon! :)
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