Christmas Update
It’s a been a few days since I’ve updated..but alas…internet connection in Emden is sloooow. Either way…the update is here! I’ll just give some highlights of our days away.
Dec. 23-My birthday…Jared took me out to eat and for a movie. We saw The Family Stone…and it was fantastic! I highly recommend it to just about anyone. Max was my birthday present…we just got him a few weeks early.
Dec. 24-Christmas Eve…some computer part went out on our new car…but our car salesman came to the rescue and let us have a loaner from the dealorship. (A Buick LeSabre Custom…it was hillarious.) Jared and I opened up our presents from each other that morning too. He got me a pair of beautiful princess cut diamond earrings! (I was stunned!) We went back to Emden and went to Christmas Eve service and had Bennigan’s to eat afterwords.
Dec. 25-We opened presents at my parents house that morning with them. We went to church at Vale and then headed up to Marseilles for lunch with the family. Lots of food and presents there…and lots of good times with the fam. After our time there we headed to Danvers for dinner and presents with Jared’s family. We were so stuffed by the end of the day…but it was sooo worth it!
Dec. 26-Slept in and then went shopping with mom. Got some wrapping paper, greens and a few other Christmas-y things for next year. Went back to Emden after that and Jared and I watched movies with my mom. Amy and Kyle stopped by for a bit too…which was great.
Dec. 27-Went to Champaign for the day to hang out with Karyn…good times! I don’t see that girl enough anymore!
Dec. 28-Met Jared’s mom for lunch at Steak-n-Shake and then headed off for a movie with Geof and Lauri. We went to see The Chronicles of Narnia (AMAZING!) and then had some dinner at Famous Dave’s (just what we needed!)
Dec. 29-Slept in and then mom made us a yummy lunch. Then we had to pack up and head home. Max came with us, so we had to get him all packed up too. I’m convinced that he didn’t want to leave…he got pretty spoiled while we were at my parent’s house. We hit the road by 3:00 (which was good for us…usually we drag our feet when we have to leave.) We had to stop through Lincoln and sign off on our new life insurance policies (wow…we’re adults!) and then we drove straight to Greenville.
We had a great week away from home! We love being around family so much and it’s always hard to leave. Yay for being adults…or something like that. We’re back in Greenville though…Jared’s playing X-Box and I’m upstairs with a cold. (Which I’m hoping is almost gone by tomorrow.) We’re heading down to Louisville for New Year’s. We’re celebrating with some friends from college….which will be great. There’s some more pictures posted of our house and whatnot…check them out! Adios!