To Iowa and Back Again

We are back from our Christmas trip to Iowa! And what a trip it was! We had a great time seeing our families and hanging out. Wednesday we were in Harlan with Granpa and Gramasaurus Hansen and Aunt Megan while lots of food was prepared and the girls were busy playing. Bria took a definite interest in the piano while we were there this time and worked on playing songs from a beginners book and really enjoyed it. Wednesday night we went to church for the Christmas Eve service and it was nice.
Christmas day we started out by opening up stockings and the girls were treated well by Santa! Before lunch, Trever, Tabbi, Tre, Tru and Great Grandma Wiuff came over to spend the rest of the day in Harlan. . . . we all ate WAY TOO much food, opened presents and had a great time playing together. The cousins were beyond excited to see each other again. It had been too long since they were together in August and they just had so much fun.
Friday we headed to Omaha to meet Grandpa and Grandma Holthe and Aunt Sarah at CoCoKey Water Resort and hotel. The girls had a great time playing at the water park and when they got tired of that we headed over to the actual swimming pool so they could swim - what a change to go from a warm overly crowded wild and crazy water place to a cold and very quiet swimming pool. Once everyone had their fill of swimming we went out to dinner at Red Lobster for Jon's parents' anniversary then headed back to the arcade room at the hotel to let the girls play for awhile. Then it was back to the rooms to open presents. It was a late night, but everyone had a good time and the girls slept really hard that night! Saturday morning we packed up the vehicles, ate breakfast at the hotel and then went back to the water park for more fun. When everyone was done we drove up to Alcester to see Great Grandmas Holthe and Mead. Sunday we packed up again and drove back home. Everyone had a really great time and other than myself not feeling well Saturday and Sunday, the rest of our crew weathered the weekend quite well.
It's always good to get to go down and spend some time with our families over Christmas and we were very thankful for good roads and travel conditions because you just never know this time of year what you might have to drive in!
And as much fun as we had, the girls were overjoyed to pull in to home last night and sleep in their own beds again. Thank you all for a very wonderful Christmas break!