Merry Christmas!!!

We have a White Christmas in Iowa and it's so beautiful!!! We had a long trip getting here...stayed over 1/2 way on Saturday night, so we didn't have to battle the ice & snow in the night. It was so nice to sleep in a bed, rather than the in the car. Of course, only 1 out of the 4 of us really slept...that would be the one with the tonsil issues...Brooks. He snored so stinking loud, the rest of us didn't stand a chance to reaching snore-level sleep!!
We were so glad that we stopped when we did. The next day, we drove about an hour and ran into the terrible wind and roads partially covered by ice and many cars/trucks in the ditch. All in all, it was a good trip and God granted us safety!
We were greeted by Gpa and Gma Bower and lots of snow!!! Yeah!!! They have a some GREAT sledding hills in their yard, so we couldn't wait for cousins to arrive to sled with us. When they arrived after their trip from Dayton, we had ourselves a great turkey dinner complete with homemade fixin's. Brent's mom worked hard and his dad did the turkey in the fryer. That's a first for me. It was pretty yummy!!
All we heard that day and night was...."When do we get to open the presents...Where's my present...why does so and so have more presents than I do?" We know what's important. Glad we covered that topic.
More sledding on Christmas Eve, a little shopping (which is much easier in a small Iowa town to fight their "crowds"), some George's pizza, the family photo shoot and then...the presents! The kids had a great time and received some fun stuff...so did we!
More sledding today...it's perfect, almost too warm to be bundled up and sledding. Lunch and playing together, and now we're ready to head to my parents. Wish we could stay longer here and I'm sure we'll feel the same once we get to my parents. Glad we're making great memories while we're here. Gotta run and help pack the van!
Merry Christmas to all! More pictures to post later!