For Christmas this year, we decided to spend Christmas Eve and Day with Mark's family (since we live with mine lol) On Saturday, we opened gifts at my mom's... and my mom embroidered my gifts for the kids! Monday morning we left for our journey to Indiana. Mark drove for 3.5 hrs or more...I took a few little naps here and there lol... but we got 37 mpg!! yay! Then we got there and gave the kids their blankets; the LOVED them! Much better than toys full of lead! lol We mainly just visited while we were down there... with his sisters and nieces and nephews and mom and dad and grandma and aunt and everyone lol we did do some after Christmas shopping on Wednesday before we left ...I got some stuff for next year to wrap gifts lol...oh and some huge candles for $2! our ride home was mostly in the dark, so I had to stay awake so that Mark would as well... lol well, here are some pictures from our trip... ENJOY!

the girls playing around with ken with their new blankets

my favorite drink! mmm it's like drinking candy, seriously! i heart it! and i like the upside down look lol
sierra riding the little battery powered train that goes in circles forever!
isn't he the cutest little boy ever!? lol he is my favorite...bryce and play dough
Chernobyl...lol j/k.. the power plant in mich city, in

Opening gifts at mom's...

The first semi-truck we saw on our Christmas Eve drive to Indiana...
A drive through pawn shop in IN... lol funny huh...?
Skyler pretending to be sleeping with his blanket
Sierra's blanket (the blankets were embroidered by my mom, who is the best! Thanks Mom!)
We had a great time for Christmas! Mark and I got to spend time with his family (me mostly with the kids and him with his mom) during Christmas and my family a few days before. The worst part had to be the driving; it's a 3.5 hr trip there! Oh, and the awful air matress we bought to sleep on...that is definitely going back to Walmart! Too bad we didn't have enough time to go other places like Arizona or Hawaii or Texas! My mom has a new cell phone now, so you all should be able to talk to her with out the phone dieing! yay...
Oh I guess I thought of another bad part, I got the flu at the end of Christmas and still have it... stay away from me (unless you want fever, shakes, chills, nausia, headache, stiff neck, no appetite, etc lol)... oh and don't eat at mega for awhile... I went to work today and breathed on everything (not on purpose though) lol :/ and I work on friday and saturday... :( but i go to the doc tomorrow! too bad its dr tony...his reason for everything is sinus drainage... too bad I use the sinus rinse so my sinuses are clear! lol
Who wants a diamond? go to mr. z's on miller rd...they go out of business tomorrow, and everything is really really cheap! i was sad that i didn't have enough money though; i could buy pretty diamonds or pay for my car and rent... lol
okay so I shall go to bed, my body needs it's rest and lots of it! hope you enjoyed our pictures and story!