Christmas Eve 2007
Benjamin and cousin, Nathan May Merry (belated) Christmas, everyone! Over the holidays, we traveled to see family. First, we spent the weekend prior to Christmas in Chicago at brother Paul and sister-in-law, Heidi's house. Paul and Heidi are expecting twins this January, so were unable to travel far this year- so we brought the big 'ol party to them. The whole May family, which is growing bigger in leaps and bounds is currently topping off at seventeen people- 10 adults and 7 kids under the age of eight. Wow- it certainly makes for good times, and a lot of noise when we are all together! After, a wonderful time spent in Chicago we were on the road to Sarah's parent's home in Ft. Wayne. Some hours later, and a crash into the ditch (we hit an animal in a rain storm, but no one was hurt), we were ready for more feasting and gift opening. We made it through an eventful 7pm Christmas Eve service (quite the challenge with 2 kids ready for bed), and were on our way back home to Granger to celebrate with the Galiher family. It was really a blast getting to celebrate Christmas so many times, in so many places, and truly a blessing to see all of our family! Thomas certainly enjoyed the holidays- when our Christmas marathon finally ended, he was confused the next day when it was all over. I think he started to think that everyday was a holiday, and each day came with another gift to open! Wishful thinking buddy.
