Matt and I both had to go back to work today. We actually have to go back to the "real world"! It was difficult after having 2 weeks off to play and relax.
Our vacation started on December 23rd. We just missed a bad ice storm in Kansas City. We were prepared for a long trip, but found the weather to be great after we left Kansas. We arrived in Fullerton that evening and enjoyed 3 whole days with my family. My Grandma and Grandpa Holm came from Iowa also, so it was a full house! Christmas Eve we ate a wonderful dinner and opened presents. We had a fun time watching Luke eat the wrapping paper! We all got some wonderful gifts.
Friday, December 26th we went on to York where we were able to spend some time with Matt's friend Gabe, who was back from San Diego with his new fiancee, Gaby. Saturday was the Holthe family Christmas. Matt's cousin Debbie and her husband John got to join us this year. We opened presents and played Bingo. We got a lot of nice gifts there, too.
On Sunday night we drove to Lincoln to have dinner with Matt's college roommates and the wives. We had a great time catching up! Our trip to Nebraska came to an end Monday morning as we stuffed our car with all our new stuff and make the trek back to Kansas City.
We enjoyed the whole rest of the week at home as a family! We spent lots of quality time playing with Luke and getting the house ready for him to be mobile. Some of the things Luke started doing this week are: talking a whole lot more, clapping, and blowing.
We "Drank in the New Year" with our neighbors, including 4 babies! The babies drank formula of course! :) They all tried their hardest to make it to midnight. Luke lasted the longest, and went to bed about 11:30. We were very sad to see our vacation end, but had a fantastic 2 weeks visiting friends and family and having some quality family time. Here are some pictures of our break!
