We celebrated Christmas a little later on the Nelson side this year. We ended up having Christmas on Saturday, January 4th @ Jim and Barb's house. The kids had actually stayed at their house from New Year's Eve until that Saturday. They had a great time out on the farm. They played with their bunnies, the went to the movie Mufasa, played pickle ball, did some arts and crafts, and stayed very busy out there.
John and I got to the farm around 11:30am. We had Christmas Nachos for lunch, and they were pretty amazing a great crowd pleaser. After lunch, we opened presents. The kids made a great haul and were spoiled like usual. They loved everything they got and had a great Christmas. The older kids all got SDSU hoodies and some cash. It was another successful Christmas.
The afternoon consisted of some football, puzzles, and some games. We played the horse racing game and 31. Then we all pretended to be hungry and ate some supper, and then everyone headed home.
It was a pretty simple, but fun Christmas. It was nice to visit with everyone, and it was really nice to see the kids and then bring them home again.
Sunday was a catch up day before the reality of a full normal week of work and school. We went to Sure Foundation for church because the kids were singing. It was nice to go to church somewhere different and the kids sounded really good with their singing. After church, Elliott went to Polzins' for a playdate and then at 3:00 we picked him up to head to Marion for the 4H bowling Christmas Party. We rented out the entire bowling alley and brought in our own food. We had a lot of fun bowling, playing pinball, playing foosball and just generally socializing. We all enjoyed this setting a little more than the Sioux Falls bowling alley/Pizza Ranch thing.
It was a wild and crazy weekend. We were busy, busy, busy but we all had fun. I am finally Christmased out and ready to get back to a routine and some normal days.
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| Tin foil ball from lunch |
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| Presents! |
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| SDSU Hoodies |
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| Nachos |
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| Building the puzzle table |
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