Christmas Vacation - Part 1

This was the first Christmas since we have been married that we spent it with Richard's family. In looking at plane tickets and then the price of gas, we decided to drive to Ellicott City, MD. When it was all said and done, we spent 235.00 on gas and eating...and we got to take Boo with us. We left home at 1:38 Thursday morning and got there just after 2pm. It was an easy ride up...on the way back home...we ran into delays through Washington DC and NC...but we'd do the drive again. I've broken this trip into different parts because we did so much. The one thing that I realized that I don't have pictures of was Christmas dinner. We had a wonderful dinner with all the trimmings! After dinner, we sat around and played a game "Would You Rather". That was fun with everyone laughing. We also had some quieter moments like watching movies together as a family. The only bad thing that happened was that Mary's mother, Donna, was hosptialized before Christmas with Congestive Heart Failure. Thank you, Ron, Mary, Alexis and Cheyenne for opening your home to us!

Below are pictures of us packing for the trip. Boo had to be in the middle. And then a picture of how packed the explorer was.