Reuniting with Friends

I am finally posting the rest of our pics from our trip. I know my blogs will now be out of order, but life has been a little crazy.

While in Arizona we were able to visit with my two best friends from High School, Becky and Kendra. We were supposed to attend Kendra's wedding in September and were unable to, so it was great to catch up with her and her husband. Becky's daughter was born just a few weeks before Andrew, so we enjoyed the opportunity for them to meet each other.




In Missouri we were able to see a few of Jason's high school friends as well as our best friends from college, The Vernons. Their daughter wasn't so sure what to think of Andrew after he pulled her hair and tried to steal her Cheerios! He's really not a mean boy...he just liked her pretty white bow.

Christmas in Kansas City

Since we were flying home from Kansas City on Christmas Day, we opened presents on the Sunday before. Andrew didn't quite get what was going on but it was fun to see him play with his new stuff.

Looking at his Bible and trying to eat his ornament.

Aunt Karen, Cody and Kelsey

On the Monday before Christmas we had our family dinner with both sides of the family. We introduced everyone to a Scottish Christmas tradition: Christmas crackers. These are not edible crackers. They are something that snap when you open them and they have a paper hat and little toy inside. Here are some pics of everyone after opening them.





As I said, we were supposed to fly home Christmas Day. That changed when I got the stomach bug on the 24th and Jason and Andrew got it the 25th! So, we stayed a few more days and flew home on Saturday. We are thankful for our travel insurance. If you ever need a quick way to lose weight after all the holiday eating, I recommend getting the stomach bug. It does wonders for weight loss!

Arizona

Here are some pics of Andrew with my family in Arizona.







Playing Piano at Great Grandma's