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Monday, January 08, 2007

Our Christmas Story...Part 3

The rest of the story...

Wednesday afternoon we all packed up the car (8 suitcases, 4 adults, 1 child in a car seat, lots of candy and several extra bags) and headed down toward Georgia. We were all meeting there to celebrate the marriage of Ashley (Jenn's cousin) and Chris. After spending about 7 hours in the car accompanied by a two hour stop at Cracker Barrel, we arrived in Nashville, TN where we would spend the night. Thursday morning we got up and drove the remaining 5 hours down to Conyers, GA. Lots of family gathered at the same hotel for what promised to be a weekend of fun.

Friday morning Nana, Mom, Dada and Samuel headed into Atlanta to get Aunt Angie from the airport. She was thrilled to see Samuel and he was finally starting to feel a bit better so had a bit more life in him.

Friday afternoon we met more family at the Atlanta Aquarium. It was a beautiful aquarium, but way to crowded. I think we all would have enjoyed it much more with about half the amount of people there.

Saturday morning we spent time relaxing at the hotel and preparing for an evening of dancing. At 5, we went to the wedding which was immediately followed by the reception at a beautiful mansion. We had a wonderful dinner and Samuel enjoyed dancing all over the dance floor.

Sunday morning we packed up and headed back. After dropping Angie back off at the airport we made our way back to Nashville were we would leave Monday morning. We made it to the hotel in time to watch the Bears play. It was not a good game at all and everyone ended up falling asleep long before the ball dropped to bring in the new year. Oh well!

Monday morning we all got up, ate breakfast then headed to the airport. Since Nana and Papa had a long drive ahead of them we arrived at the airport plenty early for our flight which ended up being delayed. After a very long wait and a very long flight we arrived back in Seattle around 6:00pm. We were very excited to all see our own beds after many days of travel!


And that is the rest of the story.

Christmas Day Pictures

Here are a few pictures from Christmas day...

Santa brought Samuel the Little People Barn and a boy Cabbage Patch Newborn.

Santa brought Uncle Mike a new PS2. Just what he needs for college next year!

Opening presents was fun this year. Samuel enjoyed tearing the paper and discovering what what inside.

Samuel opened all his presents very quickly then helped everyone else with theirs.

Samuel and Daddy in front of the tree. Samuel loves both Elmo and Cookie Monster!

Samuel with his baby. We didn't see any smiles from Samuel since his mouth hurt so badly.

A friendly game of Euchre for the boys.

Mike and Matt enjoying presents.

Samuel and Uncle Mike enjoying some chicken and biscuits. Samuel just helped play since he wasn't eating at all.