Like I said in a previous post, we headed to Portland for Christmas on the 22nd and we stayed until January 2nd. We had a great time staying with my mom and dad, as well as with the Lesyks.
Traveling for 11 days with 3 kids is a bit of a challenge. Just the packing alone is a bit crazy. Luke weathered the long stay like a champion and had a load of fun with his cousins. Peter is 2 and apparently that doesn't change when you stay at someone else's home. He enjoyed his cousins as well and thinks that Isaac and Reiley's playroom is akin to Disneyland. But, being 2 years old, he also found time to potty on Auntie's carpet, dismember one of Reiley's paper dolls and hand it to her limb by limb as she cried in agony, color Bubby's carpet with lipstick, and a few other choice 2 year-old moves that are enough to bring any parent to their knees. Natalie was a perfect angel of course...except for the part where she decided that sleeping at night was for rookies and insisted on waking up every 2-3 hours. For a girl that sleeps 10 -12 hours at home, mommy was not excited about the 1-on-1 time we spent together in the middle of the night.
All of that aside, our time was better than we could have ever imagined. We spent Christmas Eve with the Lawler family and the 9 kids had a great time together. We were blessed by my Grandfather reading the Christmas story from the Bible...a tradition that we treasure.
Christmas day was wonderful. We had a great morning as a family and then spent the afternoon and evening with Bubby and the Lesyks. They made Christmas dinner and we spent a good portion of the evening playing Wii Fit.
Here are some pictures of our Christmas adventures...
Scarbrough, Lesyk, and Stewart kids...
Grandpa Lawler reading the Christmas story
Santa brought the boys a Lightening McQueen race track
Peter is standing on a little skateboard that he got for his bear...not so sure the bear will get to use it much.
Natty loved the paper.
The new bathrobes were a hit.
The boys made a build-a-bear bunny for Natalie.
Yep, she loves it!
Nothing beats holiday cheer...
The kids made this platter for Bubby and Papa
Luke and Isaac are great buddies. Luke is watching Isaac play his new DS.
We thought it would be a great idea to go ice-skating. WRONG! Kids and ice don't mix...at least not our kids. I had visions of us skating around the rink. Instead, Aaron and I pretty much carried the kids around the rink trying not to fall on them.
Natalie is starting to sit up...
The boys found these great sunglasses and bubble makers (that they used as guitars) and kept telling us that they were rock stars.
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