We had our first Christmas in Hawaii on Saturday, the day we left for Pennsylvania. Abby was so excited when she came downstairs and saw all of the presents. Zack was still pretty indifferent about seeing the presents but liked opening them. We opened gifts and had a mini celebration at home with the four of us and then packed and got ready for our big vacation.
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| Checking out the planes en route to PA...they were excited! |
Christmas in PA was AMAZING! We all decided on Christmas Eve to get up by 8 to open presents and everyone was up and ready to go on time! Luckily, Abby slept in until just before 8 so we didn't have to hold her off. Marianne and Bill totally outdid themselves this year. Everyone did a wonderful job picking out special gifts for everybody. The kids have more toys than I ever thought possible and are having a blast (and making a mess) playing with them. Some favs include a Dora doll house, guitar, lifelike monkey to feed, harmonizing animals and a harmonica.
We had another fantastic turkey dinner with all the fixings in the afternoon and just spent a really nice day eating, playing with new toys and hanging out with the family- all 10 of us.
It was so amazing that it just felt so normal and easy to have everyone together. I feel extremely lucky to have had my whole (Martin and Hughes) family together to enjoy the holidays. The kids are in heaven to have all their grandparents and Uncle Rob and Aunt Casey to spoil them like crazy!
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| Enjoying some quality time |
Abby had a blast running around while everyone was playing badminton.
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| Walking with grandmas |
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| Having heart-to-heart |
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