Thursday night Margaret and I went to Virginia to see a play at Arena Stage called "Next to Normal" it was a rock musical about a woman who is losing it mentally and how she and her family deal with it;. Margaret said it was one of the best musicals she has ever seen (which is saying a lot if you know that Margaret loves musicals). I thought it was really good and the day after we saw it Entertainment Weekly Magazine named it the best play in the US of 2008.
Friday night we packed the car and at 4:00 in the morning on Saturday we got out of bed and left for Michigan half an hour later. Timothy slept unt
il 8:00 and we pulled into Margaret's parent's house in Michigan shortly before 2:00 where we were greeted by a hug from her parents and a 17 foot tall Christmas Tree.We enjoyed a great time with all of Margaret's extended family and enjoyed Christmas with Santa (that's what the grandkids call Margaret's dad). The most interesting present was that Margaret's brother bought his girlfriend a pet snake for Christmas. She loved it.
Timothy ha
d a blast playing with his Cousin Tabitha and even got to go sledding in the snow.Margaret and I were given a couple of gift cards for Christmas as well as a gift certificate for one free night at a Bed and Breakfast. The best part of Christmas for me was that Santa got me a stocking that looked like a tool belt.
While we were in Michigan we got to spend a little time (not nearly enough) with Margaret's best friend Mandy and her family.
(Margaret said Mandy would get mad if I put a picture of her in our blog, so I made it a small picture. You're welcome Mandy) We got to
go out to eat at Ponderosa's Steakhouse where Timothy thoroughly enjoyed his meal. And Mandy made us an apple pie, which I ate at least half of.On Friday we got up, took pictures with Margaret's family, packed the car and drove to KY to see my mom, who was visiting my grandparents/aunts uncles and cousins in Louisville. We spent most o
f the day Saturday bowling with family at the bowling alley where my grandma has worked for the last 11 years. While we were bowling Timothy stood by the ball return watching the balls come back and advising people on which ball to use.Saturday evening we went to my grandparents house, met with even more extended family and played yahtzee for a solid 3 hours. We got up and left Louisville at 6:30 Sunday and made it home right at 5:00.
It's fair to say we're tired. But it was worth it to be able to spend the Holidays with family.
3 comments:
Hey John--:-P~~
Glad you guys had fun and made it home safe.
I'm so glad you were able to spend time with so much family. It's so wonderful to see that it is going this good with them.
I sure hope you got the present from us. I know it's nothing special or big, but it was what we could do. I hope you were able to talk to Ken. I know you were on his list of people to call for Christmas. I have been printing out your posts and sending them to him. Elder Ken gets too little time to look at them on his PDay. He loves them as we do. Glad you made it home safe and sound. Love ya!!!!!!
Wow, that is a lot of traveling. I was glad to get out of Mi before the big storm. I'm glad you guys got to enjoy it. Margaret's house must be enormous from how tiny you look next to that tree! Sorry we missed you at CP Ward.
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