It was a bit "different" being on maternity leave for Christmas this year...truth be told....it was great!!!
To begin the Christmas season, we got a tree (as we do every year) and after a couple of mishaps with the tree this year, I regret to inform you that I think we will be investing in an artificial tree next year.
A week or so before Christmas, we attempted to take the girls to see Santa. It was a fail. A big, fat, fail. Olivya screamed...Adelyn ran away...Charlye slept! I think we scarred our children for life...except I'm pretty sure we will do it again next year. haha.
We were able to go down to the cities for almost an entire week over Christmas this year, given I didn't have to work! It was so great to be around family and friends! We even managed a date night to the Minneapolis Holiday Market.
And we headed back to Terri's this year for a great Christmas Eve together (our annual tradition until we moved away). There were kids and presents and food and family EVERYWHERE! It was perfect:)
Christmas Day Morning was spent opening gifts and having great coffee cake (another awesome tradition) with my parents, nephew and Michael's mom who was able to fly in and spend the holidays with us!
And Christmas Day we met up with the rest of the family at Grandma's house and indulged in great traditions of finding the pickle, white elephant gifts, kid presents, lots of food and good company. It was a great Christmas with family!
And the weekend after Christmas, we celebrated with the Seekel Side at a great get together! Sledding, grasshoppers, lots of food, and kids everywhere made it an incredible day!
And we have 3 new kiddo's that are celebrating their 1st Christmas this year on the Seekel Side!!
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends as you celebrated the birth of our Lord!
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