Saturday, December 27, 2014

Christmas Ups and Downs

We had ups and downs this Christmas, but we do our best to focus on the positive!  Although, that is hard sometimes.  Our big plan for Christmas break was a trip to Cincinnati to watch the Denver Broncos play the Cincinnati Bengals.  The Friday before the game, Ethan complained of a headache, the next day a cough, and then a flu the day before departure.  The night before the game, Andrew woke up in excruciating pain.  So....instead of going to a football game, Andrew was in the ER and dentist having emergency surgery on his wisdom teeth, and I spent the afternoon at the doctor with my flu-stricken baby.  Fortunately, we were able to sell our tickets, and watch the game on tv.  More importantly, everyone is healthy now, and that is what is important.  Besides this hiccup, our Christmas has been very blessed.

 Christmas party with some silly 4th graders (sorry...forgot to snap pictures with the 1st graders).


 Oh the joys of public school...the flu was rampant at the boys' school, and Ethan fell victim.

While Ethan slept the flu away, Jackson and I made Swedish meatballs.  Delish!

Oh, and we baked a few Christmas cookies.  
Jackson was so helpful with the frosting and test-tasting.

  The fam all fancy for Christmas Eve service.

  My sweet boys.  So excited for Christmas!


      Santa brought our family season passes to Dollywood!  And Mom and Dad got the boys (and ourselves) a trip to Disney World!  It's going to be an amusement park year for the Goldhahns.

We hope everyone had a very magical Christmas, and we wish you the best in 2015 (maybe I'll have a New Year's resolution to be a better blogger?).