Schenk Sightings: Twas the days before Christmas

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Twas the days before Christmas

We flew into Colorado bright and early on the 21st. We woke the kids up at 4:15 am and easily made it through the airport for our 6 o'clock flight. When we checked in we learned we could not sit together as a family because you can not have 2 lap children in the same row. But in the end I think this turned out to be a huge blessing. Nora sat on my lap. She slept for 2/3 of the flight and the other hour she sat and "talked" to me. Sawyer stayed with Kyle and played with the remote buttons and watched videos. There were no tears or meltdowns (at least while we were on the plane :) I think it helped that we didn't sit together because then Sawyer wasn't tempted to climb all over us. We were very thankful for a smooth flight!

Nora chilling oon her 1st flight

We arrived in CO at 7:00 am and still had a full day ahead of us though we had been awake for 6 hours. Needless to say we all took good naps that afternoon.

Sawyer having fun hiding on our ride from the airport to the grandparent's house

Thursday and Friday was spent Christmas shopping, baking, and visiting with family. And the kids got showered with lots of grandparent attention.

Grandpa reading to Sawyer and Noah

Tache readinto to Sawyer and Noah

Nora sporting a Christmas outfit

The cousins shouting from the banister

On Christmas Eve I wrapped all the gifts. That evening we went to the Christmas Eve service at my parent's church then the whole family gathered at their house for a delicious soup supper. To conclude the evening we opened our annual pair of pajamas.