Christmas Eve morning we headed up to Luke's parent's house in Bear Valley. There was supposed to be a big storm coming in, so we figured we'd leave around 10:30 to head up and have lunch up there. We did the traditional breakfast meal for Christmas Eve. I brought the turkey sausage bread and Luke's mom made bacon, eggs, cinnamon rolls and puff pancake. We didn't eat breakfast before we came, so we were pretty darn hungry....and ate ALOT. We visited for a few hours and then left for home before it got dark. It started to sprinkle as we got on the 58 freeway driving home, but no snow yet.
Our dysfunctional family! XOXO
After we got home we unloaded gifts, straightened up the house and made some cookies for Santa. They lounged around for a bit, anxiously waiting for bedtime. Luke turned on the Santa Tracker on the TV and that was fun for the kids. Around 9:30 the kids all headed to bed---with a little help from melatonin of course. :)
Around 10 Santa came! He came early this year. I think his elves were really tired this year!
That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....
So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.
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