Early Grace Christmas

My in-laws will be spending Christmas in Salt Lake where my sister-in-law may or may not have twins (she's not due until the end of January, but the doctor says they'll probably be here before Christmas.) Because we aren't going to see them this holiday we decided to take a trip to Grace early in the month instead. It was a quick trip, but a nice one.

Hot tubbing at Grandma and Grandpa's

We arrive in the late afternoon of Saturday the 5th and stayed until Sunday morning. It was so nice to just hang out with Kenny's parents and his brother Michael and his family. The kids played while the adults talked and played games. That afternoon we let the kids go for a soak in the hot tub. After the big boys got out and the kids settled down a bit we put Dan in. It was Daniel's first hot tub experience and he absolutely loved it. He would just lay there all mellow and content. I wonder if he'll be a water baby like the others.

Sarah holding Daniel in the hot tub.

Hannah had to have a turn. He really did like it more than his face shows.

Gracie's turn (with help from Daddy)

After the hot tub we fed the kids little smokies and corn, which they loved, and then let them watch Night at the Museum 2 while the adults ate a delicious roast dinner. Sadly about dinner time was the time Ben started feeling sick. He complained of a stomach ache and just wanted to lay down. He watched the movie, played a little, and then laid down some more. Poor boy! Being sick is no fun, but being sick at Grandma's with cousins is even less fun.

Sarah Kate with her corn on a toothpick. Silly girl!

My little girls enjoying dinner. I noticed I didn't get any pictures of Ben. He was having too much fun playing with his cousins and not then any fun being sick.

After the movie and the adult dinner Grandpa brought out his famous Huckleberry ice cream. Everyone enjoyed eating it (except Ben who didn't want any.) After ice cream we put the kids in bed and then the adults sat down and watched Night at the Museum 2. It's a great movie for kids and adults. If you haven't seen it, I'd highly recommend watching it.

Gracie eating ice cream.

This is how I found the kids when I went to bed. Sarah Kate was too scared to sleep on the floor next to the bed so the other kids were nice enough to let her sleep with them. Cute, but it didn't allow them to sleep very good, which didn't allow us to sleep very good. Oh well!

The next morning the kids played downstairs with Travis and Trent's toys while they got ready for church and Kenny and I got ready to head home. We wanted to make it home for our church which is at 1:00. We made it in time, but Ben was still pretty sick, Gracie was showing signs of being sick and Daniel had a runny nose. We opted to just stay home, not wanting to spread whatever our kids had. Instead of church we made all the kids nap for quite a few hours. It didn't help Ben feel good enough for school the next morning, but I think it helped at least a little.