our christmas began the week before actual christmas when my mom and stepdad visited us in indy for what was supposed to be our christmas weekend. unfortunately a major case of food poisoning ruined our plans. they had stopped at wendys in south haven, michigan on the way down for a quick bite to eat, shared a cheeseburger in case you are wondering. at 2am they were both struck simultaneously with intense nausea and it went from bad to WORSE. sadly it took them until mid-week THE FOLLOWING WEEK to fully recover and want to eat again, many days after their visit. needless to say wendy's is off our list for a long time.
so they stayed in bed up in our guest room for basically the entire weekend while we made our special christmas dinner of beef tenderloin, cheese potatoes, pie, etc.just tim and i. we ate the blueberry coffeecake ourselves too. we felt so sorry for them and knew it was beyond their control and there was nothing anyone could do. declan received a new sled, lawn mower and elmo flip phone from them. i didn't think it would be nice to take pictures during presents since the patients could barely sit up and wouldn't appreciate memorializing their state.
great grandma betty and great grandpa gord sent down some goodies for us including banana bread without nuts, cookies, a cute winter picture for the mantle and two wooden puzzles for declan. he very much loves the puzzles so thanks grandma, i took these so you could feel like you were here!
christmas eve we drove to be with tim's family in lake forest, il. we alternate the two big holidays and it was their christmas year. here are a few from the big party at their house christmas eve with the mitchell side.
cute cousins
christmas day was held at tim's grandpa's house this year, he is 92. all the aunts did the cooking: lasagna, pasta, meatballs, sausage, salad. declan ate his first real italian meatball and even a black olive. of all the wonderful toys we received over the week, he was obsessed with this fisher price vacuum circa the 70s at his great grandpa's house.
more cute cousins
papa and mary kate
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