Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Christmas in NY!

We traveled to NY to spend Christmas with my family... and we got there by car! It was kind of funny, whenever we mentioned to anyone that we were driving to NY for Christmas we got one of two responses, either "Are you crazy?" or "You're insane!" Well, it wasn't that bad of a trip and we only ran into weather on our very first day driving. The Lord was very good to us (as was my Dad, who used his hotel points to put us up for two nights.... we love you, Dad). Here is Kyle on Day #2... for anyone taking a road trip with toddlers... bring a DVD player. When all else fails, it works! We didn't use it very often, but when we did it was a sanity-saver.
Bryce had a great time riding in the car. He actually spent a good amount of time sleeping.

The boys were so excited when we got to NY. They didn't have to be in the car AND they were at Ahme and Grampy's house!! Here is Grampy and Kyle watching the Grinch cartoon.

We had such a great time with my family. Jim and his girlfriend, Jess, came over as much as they could. They came over to help decorate the tree on Christmas Eve... a Kennedy family tradition. We always decorated for Christmas just after Thanksgiving, but the tree didn't go up until Christmas Eve. I loved it and hope that one day I can talk Jeremy into getting a real tree and putting it up Christmas Eve!

The boys on Christmas morning.

Christmas at the Kennedy house. If it looks a little crazy, that's because it was! It was also loads of fun!!

Daddy and Bryce are opening some of his gifts. He really liked ripping paper.

It was so awesome that we had SNOW the whole time we were there. I love snow! We took Kyle out to sled on the hill that I grew up sledding on. He had a blast!

Kyle was introduced to video games during this trip. He would ask to play "yegos." (Lego Star Wars) Bryce isn't one to be left out.

It was a great trip and it was totally worth the three-day drive that it took to get us there!! Thanks so much, Mom and Dad for everything you did for us! We love you and can't wait until our next visit... for which we will probably fly!

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