Christmas 2021 - Part 1

This year we enjoyed celebrating Christmas with our families! We spent a couple days before Christmas with my side of the family and then a couple days after Christmas with DJ’s family. Unfortunately, due to a new job (which is exciting), my brother wasn’t able to come up for Christmas this year. We hated not being able to see him this year but were very happy to get to spend some time with Jenn, Piper and Ana, their exchange student from Spain. We spent some time with them at my mom’s house and the girls loved playing with the big girls. We loved meeting Ana and getting to know her and hear all about her time in the States. And thanks to Ana, we actually got a full group picture!

After having our Christmas with my mom, we were able to celebrate our Christmas with my dad’s side of the family. Due to my mom and grandmother’s recent surgeries, they couldn’t travel to my aunt and uncle’s house so we offered to host. It was so fun being able to have my whole family at our house for the first time. We are thankful we have the space to host family gatherings now. Sadly, little Lucy ended up with a cold so she and Will weren’t able to come over. The girls were bummed they couldn’t play with Lucy but they loved meeting their newest cousin, Olivia and playing with Ana, Piper and Blake. The “girl gang” had a blast together and we all loved watching them play. It was such a special day together as a family but we were all missing 3 men who would have loved being there with everyone, my Grampie, my dad and my cousin Ryan. Family gatherings are just not the same without those guys.