Chirstmas Day 2013

Right after we saw what Santa gave us Uncle D showed up. I thought that was odd but maybe he just wanted to see what the kids got. Then in walked a surprise visitor - Tyler. Tyler is my cousin who we didn't think would be able to make it for Christmas because of his work schedule but Dustin bought him a train ticket to surprise Granny. Dustin went to pick him up in Dodge at like 6 in the morning then Tyler had to get back on the train at midnight to head back to Lawrence. Granny was super shocked and happy he was there. Although it did mess up some of our schedules but we rolled with it. Normally we would head to Pratt to spend Christmas Day with Blake's family but we called and changed our plans to head to their house the next day.
Also my Aunt Jan, Tyler's mom, wasn't planning on coming to the farm from Texas until the next day but when she heard of the surprise visitor they got around and headed tot he farm to have some time with Tyler.

Hi Tyler!


Jemma drinking from Granny's little Santa cups.






Making one of Jaxon's lego presents. More legos!




Checking out what Santa left in their stockings at Grandma's.














Santa brought Chiefs shirts for everyone!




Sledding time!










The kids loved playing with Tyler! Both wanted his attention.




Then for fun I decided to get sick. :( It hit all of the sudden and I got the stomach bug. It only lasted that night but I was out! My Aunt Jan's family arrived right as I got sick so I didn't even get to enjoy everyone being all together. They wanted to look at old family slides from when my Dad and Aunt were little. I mustered up a little bit of strength to watch towards the end. Blake took some pictures of everyone downstairs for me. I would have had more photos of Tyler and everyone but you can't control everything. I was just glad the kids never got it.







It was fun to see the few pictures I did of everyone so young and hear the stories and arguing of what really happened. That's my family!