Post Christmas Party

We decided that we were going to have a post Christmas party with matt's brother Josh and his family, and his sister Rachael and her family. The party was at his brother Josh's house in Victor Idaho. I wasn't looking forward to the drive. It's about 5 hrs. from where we live to their house. We left early like at 5:00 in the morning on Saturday the 26th. The girls only slept for like a hr. and a half. Stinky deal, but oh well they slept for a little bit of it! So we arrived at Josh's house around 11:30 and unpacked. It was good to see them all again, and spend time together. The kids had fun playing with each other, and amazingly enough they all got a long! Good deal!!! The whole day the guys played the Wii and the girls talked. I wouldn't have had it any other way. I love talking! It was fun to catch up. Saturday night we had our Christmas dinner, and it was really yummy. I just love food, and mostly everything tastes good to me. After dinner and cleaning up we opened our presents from each other. The kids enjoyed their gifts. Madisynn got an Ice cream bubble blower and a bouncy ball with a fish inside. McKenzie got a Strawberry shortcake doll, which came with a dance music dvd. McKenzie loves the strawberry shortcake, but I think she loves the dance dvd more. There is a song on there called The Strawberry Shake. Yesterday we did that dance probably more than 20 times in a row. I was tired and turned it off. McKenzie would have kept on going if I wouldn't have turned it off. It was really cute and fun! Madisynn was obsessed with the bubbles, and wanted me to keep blowing them. I probably blew bubbles for close to a half an hr. I was starting to get light headed! They got mad when I put the bubbles away. What a mean Mom and Aunt I am, sheesh! =) Matt got a candy bar. and a gift card. I didn't open one, because I had already opened it on Christmas morning. Matt's little brother Jacob lives in Illinois and wasn't able to come. He is a punk though. His gift to me he wrapped it up into several different boxes which were all taped very well. I swear it took me like 10 min. to open the gift. Inside the smallest box was a gift card to Hollywood video. If you knew him it is probably one of his trademarks to do something like he did to me. I was totally exhausted by the time we went to bed, I think I feel asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow. That hasn't happened in a long time, and it felt GREAT! Sunday we went to church, just Sacrament meeting because we were leaving that night. It was really bad weather that day, and we were hoping that we wouldn't get snowed in. So we went to church came home and I made my Baked Spaghetti a recipe I got from a friend when I got married. It is so good!!! It felt good to be able to cook for everyone, I really enjoyed it, and I'm glad that they liked the spaghetti. We were able to leave that night, though it was bad weather, but we made it home okay. Matt's Sister and her family were supposed to leave the next day. They ended up getting snowed in. The bad part is that Jason's boss wasn't very understanding about it. It makes me mad, like Jason had control over the weather, and the roads. That's ridiculous. They did make it home the next day thank goodness. The roads were closed later after they left. I'm tired of the wind and snow, and the crappy roads. I am very thankful for the moisture though, it is so badly needed. It's just hard not to complain when your cold and you have to go out in the cold. To wrap it up, it was a FUN weekend, and I LOVE my FAMILIES they are so much fun.