Liberty Bowl

We even managed to sneak away for a few hours to watch the Iowa State/Memphis game at the local Iowa State bar with the Vargas'. Thanks for watching the kids, Mom and Dad!

It was so much fun watching the game with a bar full of Iowa State fans. It was even better when they won!

We even made the local online newspaper. I love how the reporter made sure to get each or our ages but never bothered to ask where we were from. Apparently, we looked local.

Go State!

Christmas with the Strutt's, part 2

And then came Christmas with the Strutt siblings, part 2. We went over a day early to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa and have a sleep over with just the boys. 

Grandpa taught the boys poker

The next day we had more visitors. We got to celebrate some of the birthdays that are close to Christmas including Colin's 1st birthday. Which meant cupcakes for everyone!

We also celebrated Cora and Esther's birthdays. 

Then everyone got to open presents. 

The dads even took most of the kids sledding for a while. The kids loved it. I don't know about the dads though. 😉

I always love getting in as many auntie snuggles as I can when we get to see the little ones. I think Uncle Joe enjoys it too. 

It's a rowdy bunch of kids but so fun to get together. It's amazing how much fun these cousins have each time they see each other. 

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas with the Weldons

With all the traveling, we were able to schedule a day with the Weldons on the 28th. It started with our traditional Casey's breakfast pizza (amazing!) and lots of other food for breakfast, then right on to presents. 

He's excited folks!

After all the presents were opened, we opened the presents, so we could play all the games. 

Thanks for the fun day, Weldons. 

Merry Christmas!