Holiday Madness!

Well I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I know that I did. Travis and I both made out like bandits this year!


The christmas eve "skoog gathering" was canceld. Mostly becuase I think everyone on that side of the family that still goes are getting up their in the years and it was really slick out and no one wants to bust a hip on christmas! So after hearing that news Trav and I headed down to Crawfordsville to visit with the family. His cousin Koti is a really close friend of mine now. She really is the coolest. So that was fun. The kids (Mack and Malik) were little hellions that night but after darn near tying them up in their blankets( we were giving it some thought. lol) they went to bed. The little buggers didnt wake up till after 7 am!!!! I was like HELLLOOOOO its christmas!!! I remember waking my brother up and running down the stairs at full speed at 5am! Screaming for mom and dad to wake up. They would wake up and put on coffee and Aaron and I would wait (I wouldnt say patiently) till we could open our stockings.


Another little christmas tradition that I love. I always got a slinky in my stocking. I know it sounds silly but I always look for it every year. I can't honestly remeber a year when I didnt get one. They are the best toys ever! When I have kids they will always have a slinky in their stocking.


Well after the kids finaly got up (and pounced on me) We all got dressed and headed over to "papa toms" cause thats where Santa delivers the gifts. The kids were so happy and the living room was a christmas paper tornado. I have never seen someone unwrap a christmas present so fast!!!!!! After the kids finished unwrapping trav and I got our stuff together to head to my mothers. We had a blast and mom made breakfast bake. It was amazing. I got a few gift cards and Mom got me some awesome shirts! After a while we went to visit Mikes family and had a pretty good time. Travis was so nervous, it was kind of funny! I didn't realize how long it had been since I had seen them all! My cousins are taller than me and they are only 15 and 13!!!! Well after all that we went on our way and mom sent us home with more eggs! Tell you what we sure wont starve with all the family bringing us food. We got half a pig the other day from my grandparents, eggs from mom and our neighboor brought us a million homemade cookies. He owns a flower shop here in town and is a really nice man.



Tonights agenda is not so hectic. Trav and I are going to catch a movie around 5 and maybe go out to dinner.


Well it's time for me to head out of here. Will post pictures asap.

Meeting The Family.

Rob, Jaacob, Me, Renee, Jeremy
Jacob, Jack, Jeremy,Erica and Jess.

Grandma Kane and Grandpa Kane

Koti, Jack,Erica and Chris

Yeah Grandma Kane is a nut. :)

Travis and Nancy we all were trying to mess this picture up by making them laugh!

Well, honestly I have a big family and it never really botherd me at all. I guess I was used to it. On the other hand I never realized how it felt to come to one of these family functions when your not "family". We just always invited people...

Well this past weekend I got a dose of Randolph convention. Not as big as the Parkers but they came out the woodwork this weekend. Trav's grandparents came from Florida (I almost jumped in the truck to go back with them) and then Jack came from California. Now before I continue know that the past weekend is a bit of a blur.

Jack has 6 kids, Jessica,Jeremey, jacob, Erica, Josh and Cody. We all congregated at Jessicas house saturday evening and had a nice dinner and I met alot of the family. The kids were great and we had a really great time all weekend. Sunday everyone came to our place and I made dinner and yum yums. I had a great time but I am exausted. Jack is staying with us for another week untill I get the final word on his rental. Jack is not well... it was worse than what I thought. He is very nice and my heart goes out to him. Im just glad hes home with his family cause I know thats where I'd like to be.

I can't wait to be home for the holidays.