sick christmas

i really wanted to title this "white christmas". i mean it has been years and years since there was any kind of snow even close to christmas. so this year there was some (in greensboro). that should have been the defining element of christmas. well alas it was not, the sickness ruled all. hana was sick the week before we went home. nothing major. but each day she would wake up with a cough and fever. so we decided to keep her home from school and make sure she was well for the christmas vacation. after a week she was much better. then along about friday (the day before we left) brooke had a fever. then that night as we were packing, i started to not feel great. saturday we headed to greensboro anyway. jack's christmas present was seeing a band play in winston that saturday. so he left a sick me a 3 girls in greensboro with my parents. that night was bad for me... high fever and achy. for the rest of the week i was taking medicine and not feeling great and a day later madeline got sick. but we still did not let that slow us down... here is a run down of what we did over christmas vacation. since my mom worked the first few days, we did a few low key things. we went to the natural science center, played in the snow, and made a fort in the house with boxes that courtney brought from mom's work.
then wednesday we took a tour of a local fire station. the kids loved it! and the firemen were so nice ;) they even let us ride in the truck :) and the kids got to honk the horn!
then on to thursday and the typical christmas eve things. (expect in the morning jack, steven, hana, and steven edward went to the zoo). we went lunch and then to the candle light service.
then came christmas morning! tearing open presents, it is always over so quickly!

be prepared for picture overload!!

playing in the snow!
roasting marsh mellows inside!cookingwaiting for the fort to be builtahhh the fort!!decorating the fortthe fire station visit!riding in the fire truck!the whole family!!the candle light servicematching pjs! so cute :)christmas morning!hana was SO excited when she opened any present!as i say every year... i can NOT believe christmas is over! it just comes and goes SO quicky!

now on to 2010!