Christmas Morning with McGarry's Grand Forks

Growing up, we always spent Christmas morning with my dad's family. This year was no exception. The only difference was that we had to leave in the afternoon in order to be back for the Heidt family Christmas the next day. I don't know if we've ever made such a quick trip before (or if we'll ever try to do it that way again. It was a long time in the car.).

Eating Christmas breakfast - yogurt, banana followed by....

First on the agenda was eating GranGerry's carmel rolls. William approved very much of this kind of breakfast. I think he ate two whole rolls by himself (and NO I wouldn't normally let him eat that, but it was Christmas!).

Getting ready to open gifts AGAIN! William was more interested in all the choo choo train ornaments on Grangerry's tree. We didn't really get very many pictures of him opening presents because it was hard to juggle the camera, help him and help John with different present opening tasks - sorry! We got a lot of great gifts!
William was so tired after opening presents, it was time to "sleep". This is one of his favorite games. Everyone gets a pillow and blanket and has to lay down while pretending to snore.
Another fun game: hiding under GranGerry's tiny tea table.
Something about this game he found hysterical. We played it over and over and over and over again.

Wearing his borrowed ski hat from GranGerry on the way to the Wennersten's.

William loves his Great Grandpa Budd. Well, he loves all his Great Grandparents. But, he is especially fond of Great Grandpa Budd. Grandpa Budd almost always has candy in his front shirt pocket. On Christmas Eve, William patted Granpa's shirt and didn't find candy. Great Grandpa had to do some work, but came through for us on Christmas Morning. Since we've been home, we've talked about Great Grandpa Budd almost every day. William always says "Grandpa Budd candy pocket?"

Michael wearing his Christmas stocking

The backseat of my parent's van (and a handsome man sleeping). I don't think we would have ever sat this well together growing up. Now that we are physically bigger, it is still amazing to me that we made it 6+ hours this close to each other without fighting. If you look carefully, I'm putting the binding on one of my quilts - hooray for completed projects!

The roads going home weren't always great. This meant an extra added dose of anxiety for this mama. However, the roads were dry, the sun was shining and I wasn't driving... so onward we went.