kyle's parents, brother and sister also came for the second year in a row to celebrate christmas in milwaukee. we went to christmas eve service at epikos, feasted at bucca di beppo afterward, had a yummy breakfast the morning of the big day, opened so many presents, went swimming, and had a delicious, delicious meal prepared by momo. so many memories squeezed into just a few days.
and while we loved having momo, papa, aunt keri & uncle kris here, we missed the rest of our family that we normally see around the holidays. to me, christmas was just missing a little something without loading up the car to make our big trip to indiana and ohio. i missed my family. i especially wished ellery could have seen her cousins ethan & landon, and they could have taught her a thing or two about opening gifts. (she opened a few on her own, but then needed mom & dad's help). even though we were far from ohio, ellery was still so so spoiled by mawmaw, pawpaw mark, great grandma judy and so many others we weren't able to celebrate christmas with.
each of our favorite memories from this holiday season:
kyle: watching ellery and papa have a tea party christmas morning
andrea: one night while the three of us were home, carolers came to our house to sing. we wrapped e up in a blanket and stood on the porch to listen.
ellery: mom had just put a plate of cookies our covered with foil for their bible study. right as she looked away, i lifted up the foil and took a big bite of a sugar cookie! then, mom saw me! i thought she'd be mad, but instead, we shared the rest of the cookie :)
