Christmas 2008 was one to remember. It involved a lot of traveling in a short period of time but we got to see both sides of our families.
We headed to Springfield on Christmas Eve Day and spent the evening with Nicole's family. There was a nice visit from Santa Claus for Zander and Nicole's cousin Libby (9).
On Thursday our normal Christmas Day is spent at Nicole's grandparents for lunch and then an 80-mile drive to my grandparents for dinner. This year around 11:00 a.m. that day we got a call that my grandpa Jack had a stroke and was being taken to the emergency room in Mankato. So instead of Christmas dinner at their home we spent our time at the emergency room. While it was not an ideal situation for Christmas, we still feel blessed because Grandpa survived and all the family did get together. My Grandpa Jack is a real survivor. He has survived 2 heart attacks and now a stroke and he is 83 years old. He made some funny wisecracks (always his style) at the hospital, but one in particular was "if I knew I was going to live so long I would have taken better care of myself." We are praying that Grandpa recovers! On Thursday after the hospital visit we started the long trip back to Giants Ridge.
It was great to see everyone at Christmas.
We headed to Springfield on Christmas Eve Day and spent the evening with Nicole's family. There was a nice visit from Santa Claus for Zander and Nicole's cousin Libby (9).
On Thursday our normal Christmas Day is spent at Nicole's grandparents for lunch and then an 80-mile drive to my grandparents for dinner. This year around 11:00 a.m. that day we got a call that my grandpa Jack had a stroke and was being taken to the emergency room in Mankato. So instead of Christmas dinner at their home we spent our time at the emergency room. While it was not an ideal situation for Christmas, we still feel blessed because Grandpa survived and all the family did get together. My Grandpa Jack is a real survivor. He has survived 2 heart attacks and now a stroke and he is 83 years old. He made some funny wisecracks (always his style) at the hospital, but one in particular was "if I knew I was going to live so long I would have taken better care of myself." We are praying that Grandpa recovers! On Thursday after the hospital visit we started the long trip back to Giants Ridge.
It was great to see everyone at Christmas.
Zander with Santa Claus...We thought Zander would be scared initially, but he laughed and obviously was not scared of Santa at all. Santa brought him a very nice dump truck!
Zander really loved his new underwear he got from Nana and Pop (grandparents in New Zealand)
The Tauer sisters. Ally (20), Emily (27) with daughter Hattie (2 mo), Nicole (29) with Ashley's son Zander (2.5 years), and Ashley (24)
Zander helping Papa open a gift. Zander is a very good help especially when it comes to opening presents.
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