One Last Treat

A trip to Graeters was the perfect way to cap off our wonderful visit with Savannah and Mason!

I'm sure going to miss this girl of mine!

The Giving Machine

What is definitely a highlight of the Christmas season - the Giving Machine! We finally made it there on it's very last day.

There are always so many cool choices that it's hard to decide what to get.

Afterwards we split up, guys going back for their lunch at Mission BBQ and the ladies heading down to pick up Grandma and do lunch at Chicken Salad Chick.

We stopped at The Snooty Fox to see if we could find any bargains. Not sure Ciara had much luck finding a school dance dress, ha ha!

I, of course, had to join in the fun!

Back to Grandma's house for some final pictures and hugs goodbye.

New Year's Eve 2024

Our New Year's Eve celebration started with our new favorite game - the sound maker, I guess we'll call it. We all love it and it's hilarious to hear the noises everyone makes.

Of course we had lots of good food!

But for some reason I was feeling super tired and kind of like a bah humbug so we took our New Year's Eve picture early this year and then David and I headed home, leaving the younger folk to stay and have fun.

We got this great picture of Xander ringing in the new year with his fellow missionaries!

Eating Out!

Mom wanted to do a family meal but didn't want to have anyone worry about the cooking part. So, we decided to act like good Protestants and go out to eat after attending church together, ha ha! We went to Chuy's and enjoyed every bite!

Savannah and David had a daddy/daughter date and grabbed sushi, a Sav favorite.

And of course you can't come for a visit without heading over to BJ's for a pizookie!

An Evening at the Temple

What a wonderful blessing it was to spend an evening all together doing baptisms at the Louisville temple. What made it even more special was that it was Ciara's first time!

Afterwards we headed to the Cracker Barrel for dinner. That turned out to be a HUGE mistake! Although there are lots of cool things to look at while you wait...

we waited over an hour to be seated. Turns out they were short on servers and on cooks. It took awhile to get our order taken (even though we were almost the only ones in the restaurant at this point)...

and then we waited almost an hour to get our food which they kept bringing out at different times. It was a fiasco! David was able to bring the check amount down, which was nice, but I don't think we'll be going back to that Cracker Barrel again. Hey, at least we all could laugh about it on the way home! It was truly a memorable night in more ways than one!

Christmas 2024