A Quick Christmas Re-cap

In my continued attempts to "catch-up" on missed posts over the last few months, here is a quick snap shot of what our Christmas vacation looked like:

On Christmas Eve we celebrated as a family and did gifts with our kids since we were going to be traveling on Christmas day to FL. Rachel wore the same outfit I wore on my 1st Christmas!

A couple of gift highlights below...Caleb got his first trike! And Rachel got some fun toys too; her fav was probably the crawling ball and the doll baby from Uncle Matt. It totally looks like her too!

Then on Christmas day, we flew down to Miami, and then drove the rest of the way to Islamorada to meet up with Jason's Dad, Stepmom, and siblings for a vacation in the Keys.

This was Rachel's first time on a plane! Here she is waiting at the airport.

And most significantly on this trip, the kids got to meet Uncle Andrew (Jason's bro) for the first time. He had just finished a tour in Iraq this past October. He was the sweetest with the kids!


Here is a pic of Betty (Nana) with Rachel (she took Rachel into the ocean for the first time on the first day too)!


And a pic of Rachel and Grandpa as well!

Caleb certainly took the time to relax.


It was a beautiful place and a wonderful trip with family.


Then for the second half of our vacation, we flew to Minneapolis to visit Jason's Mom (Grandma). Here was a pic taken at Red Lobster. Notice Caleb's poor little face...he came down with quite a cold on the MN part of the trip. I guess that's what will happen when you go from 75 degree weather to like 10 degree weather in a few days!

Hanging at Grandma's place!

Finally, this picture was taken when we got home. Caleb was so sick and was in total cuddle mode, and Rachel knew just how to comfort him, by staying right by his side. They are so sweet together!