Crazy Christmas!

Our Christmas this year was a little hectic to say the least! (sorry if the post is a little long winded!)

CHRISTMAS EVE
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We ventured up to New Hampshire for our Annual Laverdiere Family Christmas Eve party at Grande Memere Laverdiere’s home in Portsmouth, NH. We headed up a little earlier than usual on the 23rd and stayed with Shaun’s mom—thanks for letting us stay at your new place! Christmas Eve, also Christopher’s birthday, was busy but fun! We visited at Shaun’s mom’s apartment with her friend Jim in the morning and then we headed over and visited at Shaun’s dad’s friend Nancy’s home. The kids had fun—thanks Nancy and Grandpa for the gifts! Then we headed off to Grande Memere’s home for the family party. It was fun for the kids because they got to see their cousins Alexander, Elizabeth and Bryce and of course their Aunt Amanda, Uncle Miles, Aunt Nicole and Uncle Jeff and Grande Memere too! J The kids were overwhelmed with all the presents under the tree! It was fun watching all the kids opening presents, playing, and laughing. They are all so cute!!!! We then trekked home and arrived home at 2:30am just before Santa arrived!

CHRISTMAS DAY
We were all a little tired and didn’t wake up until 8:30 or 9am. The kids were excited with all the gifts under the tree. “There’s got to be about 150 or more presents” said Christopher, “Maybe more!” Anneli was tired and wasn’t too sure until Christopher handed her a present with her name on it! They dug right in and had a blast. Anneli got the cat she wanted and Christopher got a bunch of LEGOS---wait let me rephrase that—Christopher and Shaun got a bunch of LEGOS! Anneli thanked Santa with every gift she opened. It was fun! Santa even left gifts for Shaun and I. We both got new I Pod’s, a GPS unit and an external hard drive for our family photo collection. Fun, fun, fun!
After we showered and ate breakfast we loaded the car with our suit cases and more gifts and we headed for South Carolina! Yesiree—we left at about 2:30pm and got to Nick and Jessica’s house in South Carolina at about 4:30am. It was a long ride but the kids loved watching their new duel DVD players in the car so we didn’t hear much from them! Good thinking Shaun! J
We had a great time hanging out with EVERYONE in South Carolina: Aunt Jessica, Uncle Nick, Cole, Carter, Meme, Pepe and Aunt Valerie. It was fun! We exchanged Christmas Gifts, went to the Zoo, we went shopping, played with Cole & Carter's toys, ate out, went to Monkey Joes, made Fudge, played games, and just had fun hanging with our family!

We left South Carolina on Saturday morning at about 9:00am and we got home at about 2am or so I think. We had a lot of fun, but it was a relief for all of us to be home and play with all our new presents!!