Christmas In Illinois

As I am sure is becoming apparent, life was crazy surrounding Christmas! About two weeks after our family Christmas, on Christmas Eve, we headed North. We actually made our record in driving time! We made it in 9 hours and 37 minutes, including one stop! I guess we will just have to make the trip more often...as if seven times this year wasn't enough! That doesn't include the trip to other states besides Illinois! Our time in Illinois for Christmas was great though! We were only there about 3 days, getting there Christmas Eve and leaving Sunday night at midnight. We enjoyed the short time with family and enjoyed seeing friends in church! We also enjoyed celebrating a long-time friend of Dad's 40th birthday with two other families. All of our Dads have known each other for years and our families have been friends for nearly as long. There are 31 kids between all four families!! It was a lovely Christmas trip!:)

 

Grandpa Knapp reading to the boys and Paige on Christmas Eve;)

Paige and Paityn wearing their new dress up clothes...oh dear...:)

They are the absolute best of friends!



Grandma was excited about her new knives!!

Precious Maddux and his new books!

Maddux and his toolbox and Paige and her "makeup." We may have a problem on our hands with her!;)

Jaxon and the boys with the gifts they gave each other.

Joshua and Caleb (featuring Drew;) with their new books! They have been reading quite a bit which makes me very happy!;)

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and New Years! I will hopefully have a New Years post coming soon! We had an absolutely wonderful New Years!
~Lexi