Saturday morning we drove up to Spencer to celebrate Christmas with John's extended family. Elsie did such a good job on the way up. She slept for the first hour or so and then she just sat in her seat and look at her books. It was so cute because she was sitting back there making noises and talking to the book. Or maybe she as "reading" either way it kept her occupied for a VERY long time.
Every year around Christmas we go and stay with his Grandma who has this huge house so she can host her family for Christmas. It is so cute! Each room had a family name on the door so we would know which room was ours and she prepared some treat for us and left them on the bedside table. There are four bedrooms in the basement and the rooms are set up to accommodate each family. So our room had a king bed and a crib in it ready to go. It is so sweet how she puts so much into our visits.
John's parents, his sister's family, his uncle's family and his cousins Bill and Carol all made it up Saturday night. His Aunt Sandy and her daughter Jennifer and her family were not able to make it until Sunday afternoon so we were unable to celebrate with the since we were leaving Sunday morning to go up to MN. Saturday evening we ate a delicious pork tenderloin dinner and then played the dice game. As always it was very competitive and a great time. Elsie went to bed around 8:30 and we visited for a while longer before we hit the hay ourselves.
Sunday morning we got up and began packing up our stuff to leave later in the morning. We had the traditional breakfast of waffles and little smokies. Elsie had her first taste of little smokies and couldn't get enough...I can't blame her. After breakfast we finished packing up, opened a few gifts and we were on our way once again, this time to Minnesota.
Elsie did pretty good for being in a non-baby proofed house. It was a little exhausting but was all worth it. At Great Grandma Ev's she loved these pictures on the side table. Thankfully they were all in plastic frames.
Now the Nativity Scene was not safe but thankfully she really only wanted to play with the battery operated candles. She kept coming back to this place constantly.
One of the traditions when we go up to Grandma Evelyn's is to play the dice game. You can't tell in this photo but this year we played with jumbo dice.
Uncle Denny and Cousin Kyle
Elsie thinks this is one of the best prizes.
The Young Ones: This is the best you get :)
Elsie with Grandma Evelyn
That is so cute what John's grandma does for her house guests! how neat.
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