More Christmas

Sunday we left and went down to do the Christmas round with all of my family. First stop, Grandpa John's (my stepdad). We got there, had a good dinner, and then all the adults left so Grandpa John could have some good one on one grandkid time. Really, we did it for his benefit! lol OK, really since it was our anniversary, we went out, but not alone. My older brother Allen and his family were in town, so we all had Caitlyn be our DD and drive us up to a small bar. We all had SOO much fun! Turner and Gavin took to each other like they'd been together every day for their whole lives! lol They are 1 year a part, and boy are they going to cause us trouble in the future. These boys get together, and you just see the mischief start to multiply. The kids had a blast and loved being around Grandpa John. And the next morning he got up with all the kids to let us sad sad bunch of adults try to recover. There were tequila shots, lots and lots of "to-kill-ya" shots...need I say more!

Such brotherly love!

Allen and Donny - my brotha from anotha mother..and father. Donny has been Allen's best friend since I can remember and he is just a part of the family by now.

Allen and Ashley

The cousins - Turner, Christopher, Mackenzie, Gavin

Dad and the kiddos - Cameron, Allen, Dad, me, Caitlyn

Don't they just look like trouble!

We finally got up and around and drove about 30 minutes to Moberly to see my dad and Grandma. Had lunch there and did Christmas. The kids always love their Grandpy, so of course that was good. Grandma is still getting around pretty good. She did tell me that she had a scare the other day when her blood pressure spiked super high and she had to be taken to the hospital. But they just gave her something to bring it down, don't know any other cause. She takes BP medicine on a daily basis, so scary that it would spike so high even on her meds. Grandma D has been such a huge part of my life. I take it for granted that she has just always been around, but I know that our time with her is limited. She is still on her own, and doing well though.

Then we left and drove another 30 minutes to my mom's. We had dinner there and did Christmas again. Nannan and Grandad were there too. Nannan seems to be doing well, but grandad isn't. Visibly he isn't doing well, and as Nannan said...he is slipping. It must be so hard to see someone who you have had around every day for almost your entire life start to fade. I'm sure it must take a lot out of Nannan to take care of him day to day. I pray that they will be ok. Otherwise the dinner was fabulous and we had a great time again.

All the kids, grandkids, in-laws - missing in action: Tyler (in jail right now for 30 days for probation violation) Uhhhh, never gets dull in our family!

Nana and her Grandbabies.

That is about all I got for ya. We are having a party tonight which is going to be a blast. Let's just say, jello shots, Rock Band, our cool neighbors - how could it not be!! Everyone have a fun and safe new year!

See ya Next Year!!