Christmas In Wisconsin

Nick and I had a great time in Wisconsin. We drove down Sunday morning, stopping at Smokey's Bar and Grill in Abbotsford for lunch. We normally stop at the gas station next door and eat either Subway or Hardee's but decided to try the the bar and grill in order to catch some halftime highlights. The food was excellent and we got to see an awesome touchdown pass from Kitna to Furrey - too bad the Lions couldn't hang on to win it!

We spent Christmas Eve at my sister Jill's house, followed by an 11 o'clock service at the church I grew up in. I ran into an old friend of mine from confirmation class, I think it's been about 8 years since I've seen her! She has a master's degree in theatre now and is living in London - how fun is that?

Christmas Day was our big day. We started off at my dad's house, watching the kids open their presents and getting a few ourselves. We built an art easel for my little sister and had some fun with my step-brother's new Nerf gun. He set up his giant (2 ft) Shrek doll on top of a toybox and we took turns trying to shoot him down. He was a little upset when I hit Shrek before he did, but he snuck off to practice while the rest of us ate dessert and ended up winning the afternoon shoot-off in four shots (first one to knock Shrek down 3 times won. Nick and I got him down twice each).

From there we swung by Sandy's house and helped her and Bob make a puzzle that she was planning on selling on eBay. Next we drove out to the country for my stepmom's family Christmas before heading back into town for a few games of cards with my grandparents. What a full day!

Tuesday we took it much easier, just drove up to visit my other grandparents and headed home from there. I didn't put a lot of detail in this post, but we had a wonderful time everywhere we went. It was so nice to see everyone! Of course, we got many, many nice presents. So far we've used one of our new games the most - it's called Ticket to Ride and involves building the most trains across the United States (Karin is 4-0). It's very simple and best of all, we can play it with only two players, unlike most of our other favorites.

Hope you had a wonderful holiday as well. Merry Christmas!