ok, of course we usualy do our Christmas recap in January ...BUT...I cannot end this year as the lowest blogging year yet so..here we go. Last blog of the year at 9:30pm on 1/31
We were blessed again this holiday season. Health, family, friends, love, prosperity....dogs. food. You know, all that make life worth living. Not that we didnt have our arguments, snipes, irritations and snaps however, in the scheme of that all that is good, they are minor and typical human reactions to expectations, lack of personal space and trying to relax (god damn it!) It didnt help that Tom has a swollen disc and its sending shooting pain down his right leg. Poor guy, He's a saint for putting up with all of us.
For the 1st time ever, we opened gifts on Christmas Eve so that we could get up at the butt crack of dawn to drive to Tammy's so that we could see Georgia for a full 24 hours before she had to to leave for NYU and swim practice. It was worth every minute but not without its own set of angst (blizzard, worship band, Vikings game, 10 hour drive, boyfriend (Eli), girlfriend (Caydee), dog walks, snowboarding pick up basket ball ...to name a few obstacles).
We escaped presents with little to no drama (thank you hydroxyzine) and were behind the blizzard for the most part (a few slippery bridges in Wi and terrible roads in Benton Harbor).
All is well that ends well. We made it to Grand Haven and had a week of cousins, grandparents, competitions, food, work outs, foot ball and laying around.
On the agenda included..paddle ball, cribbage, cards against humanity, ping pong, Y visits/workouts, escape rooms, high school basketball tournaments, hot tubs, reading, 2 sided puzzles and a daily trip to the grocery store to feed 4 teenage boys and 5 other adults.
Now, the week in photos...
Love the Hickeys, Basils and Murphys..to death...
xoxoxo
T&T
The light house immediately after the blizzard
Tourney Champs!
Snow! Mable and Tammy 
Jim Fellows - best ever coffee cake - yes, we took it all the way to Grand Haven
Snow boarding for the 1st time...what could possibly go wrong?
Go Pack Go!
Traditional Holiday Selfie
Sending Georgia back to NYU
Joey made the paper
Perfect Christmas Present!
Escape room vandalism
More post blizzard, Bunny is going to paint this..
Recreating a 5 year memory
Mini ping pong!
The Basils XOXO
At Joey's game
Grandma and Grandpa are fierce competitors
Throw back escape room
Sistermans celebrating New Years! 
Paddle ball. Tracy sucks
5 years ago
The varsity senior
Virutal reality, he couldn't figure out how to throw the pass 
Typical teenager, Herby
This years winners! 
#2!
Caydee with Tammy and Grandma at the game
