Post Christmas Randomness

The week between Christmas and New Years was busy with friends, family, fun general business. Gabe and I had the week off which we took advantage of to get some work done on the house and revel in the vacation time that didn't require any traveling.

We did take some time out for good ole' fun too.

Here is a pictorial play-by-play:

We ventured downtown to Crown Center to take Mia to the Crayola Factory. No surprise here. It was a hit:



























































And if that wasn't enough, afterwords we took her to Fritz's for lunch to see the trains. For those of you who don't know what Fritz's is, it is an old burger joint at Crown Center in Kansas City that has trains deliver your food via a big track that goes around the whole place. It is pretty cool. I think it was an even bigger hit than Crayola.

The reaction was priceless...
































Also that week we welcomed special visitors. Gabe's great friends, The Morgan Family, were in town for the holidays and we were very happy to have them as overnight guests on their way back home. Their three adorable children were great fun for Mia. And though we had to have a couple of conversations with her about sharing, they got along famously. Fun had by all.






















Things have certainly calmed down since the holidays. Post holiday blues were rearing their ugly head as we took said goodbye to the Christmas Tree and all the holiday decorations. But we have settled into a daily routine and have begun the New Year with renewed spirit.