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finally....

Everything can finally slow down! Holiday's are over, long driving trips are done, and I have a little while until school starts up again!! (technically I blog more when I'm in school, but still.) Our Christmas's went well. And that is plural on purpse. We went to Minnesota for Thanksgiving and celebrated Christmas with my sisters and mom, which was wonderful and M was a great traveler. Then for actual Christmas we went to Idaho to see J's family (which is an 18 hour drive...that J drove the entire time) and was also lots of fun. We got to see all but one of J's siblings. We were there for a week, got back and got settled back in a bit, then of course New Years which we celebrated and Greg and Robins...only 15 minutes away!...and was up really late and had lots of fun. Now here I am. Home and tired! Actually I slept almost all day yesterday (thanks to J watching M). Now here are some pics from our trips!

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Sharon said…
M is just the cutest! Her blue doll eyes light up the world! Glad you'e safe and survived the holiday travel! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Sharon
January 2, 2009 at 3:24 PM
M said…
Sigh. Love that blue-eyed girl.
January 6, 2009 at 8:00 PM
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