Friday, December 28, 2007

Vacation Day 1

We left at 3pm on Friday afternoon and drove to Hobe Sound, Florida for the Maxey Family Christmas. It took 13 hours, but Katherine slept the entire time - it worked! Some of you asked for lots of pictures and video, so get ready! Make sure to look at all 5 vacation posts (including Christmas Eve & Christmas Day). Note to the Maxey family: I have tons more pictures of everyone else, but I only focused on Katherine on the blog.

Tim & Becky set up two trailers in their yard. We got to use one of them, and Grandma & Grandpa were in the other one.Our trailer had electricity & running water! It helped to have our own bathroom, even though the shower was TINY.Our bedroom in the camper - the bed was actually SO comfortable.Katherine's stuff filled up the rest of our space.

Everyone was so excited to see Katherine. They had not seen her since she was 6 weeks old. She was her usual happy self!
Acha's grandmother (Ibod) was with us from Cameroon. She does not speak any English. Having her there added an extra special twist to the gathering.Saturday was spent unpacking, wrapping presents, planning meals & grocery shopping. Andrew, Rose & Rachel hung the stockings outside.Tim grilled a variety of sausage and hotdogs for dinner around the campfire. We had s'mores and sang and did family devotions outside until the bugs drove us indoors.

This year Grandma & Grandpa came prepared with words to Christmas songs typed out, so no one had an excuse not to sing. It didn't really help much. Grandma & Grandpa and the grandkids were still the only ones singing.