Decorah Christmas and trip home

We got down to Decorah on Sunday afternoon and spent the next few days relaxing, having cousin sleepovers, spending time with family, seeing a movie (just Chris and I...first time in years!!), playing tennis a couple times, and shoveling snow! Well, I didn't shovel much, but Chris did! We got to Decorah and there was no snow and left with 11 inches or so on the ground! The kids had so much fun.  (thank you so much to Chris's mom who picked up some snow pants for the kids at goodwill....the forecast did not have that snow in it before we left!)

Chris made the kids a luge track and we had a nice time sitting by the heater watching them:)

Tuesday morning we decided it would be a good idea to go play tennis at 6am before the streets got plowed! We made it there just fine (downhill) but didn't quite make it home! Thankfully, the neighbor and my dad were able to shovel us out and push the car home!

Wednesday we spent the day packing up and got a nice visit from our friends the Neymeyers (from Parkersburg) that evening! We hadn't seen them in a year and it was so great to catch up! We had Mabes pizza and unfortunately didn't take any pictures. Next time!

We headed out early Thursday morning. It's always hard to say good-bye. My dad drove us to the airport...I had a suitcase on my lap, but we fit everything in! We checked 1 bag on the way there and 3 on the way home, but checked baggage fees is way cheaper than mailing things to Edmonton! It was good to be home at a decent time on New Years Eve. We "partied" with the neighbors until 10pm and went to bed exhausted from a long day and trip!