Abby Lee

As usual, Jason and I started our christmas drive in the early after noon and ended it in the early morning, but this time our trek was to Michigan. As we left on Thursday afternoon, we weren't sure if we were going to drive the whole way. I knew that we would because Jason likes to drive at night. I on the other hand like to sleep at night. We arrived at Grandma & Grandpa Lee's house at around 4 or 5. Grandma Lee was wide awake. This was a good thing because Abby, also decided that it was time to wake up. Jason took a nap upstairs, and I cat napped on the sofa.
Honestly, we spent our first day sleeping.

Our second day, we had to go shopping. I say it this way because, Jason and I had completed an all day shopping event earlier in December but when it had come time to purchase his families gifts, he decided to wait. So on December 23, we did a whirl wind shopping trip in 45 minutes and got everyone's gift. I honestly think that we did an outstanding job. The gifts were all really good.

Christmas Eve we went to church and Jason saw a couple people that he remembered from when he lived up in Michigan. The afternoon was spent watching the Bears (of course) and then a game of Mexican Train. At the end of the evening we got to open stockings...yoyos, card games, and those spongy animals that grow in water for everyone.

Christmas started out with some awesome baked orange french toast.( I think that was what it was. either way it tasted awesome!! Way to go Julie. Add it to the awesome breakfast recipies). With Jason as Santa, the gifts were unwrapped, and everyone got bundles of gifts. Abby of course raked in the most presents but that is to be expected. Grandma Lee got her tons of noisemaking toys!! The one below was her and is her favorite.


The rest of the week was spent relaxing, watching CSI: Miami, and eating a lot of really good food!! We had a great time, saw a little snow. One of the most memorable times was the walk in park with Abby. For the most part the experience was great. The downers were the floating boardwalks that liked to spit cold water up at you when you walked on them.

Abby's favorite experience of the week was discovering the empty cabinet in the living room. The first time she climbed in and we shut the door she cried hysterically. After that one time, she would shut herself in there to play. It was super cute.

Also while up in Michigan, we met up with our good friend Ryan Taggert. It was great to see him and talk about old times at camp and what he has been doing since.