It was a really long drive. We stopped a few times to break it up. We stopped at the bank to deposit our Christmas money in Burnsville, then again to use the bathroom in Iowa. We were on our way to Pizza Ranch to meet some of Daddy's family. Daddy's uncle Don, Aunt Virginia, Aunt Susan, cousin Ruth and her family and cousin Sarah and her family. We got there about 1:00 and had some yummy pizza! Mommy & Daddy enjoyed getting to see aunts, uncle & cousins (though, they were disappointed some of dad's cousins got sick and couldn't join us). We had fun seeing cousins KIDS! Noah and Carson chatted like old friends, and Hannah got to hang out with Lauren & Kennedy since they got to know each other when Dad's cousin lived in Minnesota.
After a long break to eat, we got back on the road. We were very happy to get to our hotel in Kansas City. We stayed at the Embassy Suites. It was awesome! Every room in the hotel looked over a courtyard in the middle of the hotel, and every elevator had glass on the outside so you could see the courtyard getting smaller and smaller as you went up. We were super bummed that the pool was closed, but by the time we ate supper and checked out our room, it was bedtime.
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| Noah outside our room door on the 6th floor, overlooking the courtyard in the middle of the hotel. |
We went to bed in the bedroom while Mom & Dad watched TV in the living room.
We woke up on Christmas Eve morning to have a delicious breakfast at the hotel. They made eggs to order, had bacon, eggs, cereal, juice, fruit, yogurt - all sorts of delicious things! After breakfast, we got to swim in the pool and check out the hot tub.
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| Enjoying the pool at the Embassy Suites in Kansas City. |
Hannah LOVED the pool, though Noah was ready to get on the road.
We took a few pictures at the hotel. They had a nice fountain, trees and plants all over.
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| The Christmas decorations were beautiful at the Embassy Suites! |
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| We threw some coins in the fountains and each made a wish. |
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| There were a few big ornaments hidden in the gardens at the hotel. |
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| With her cup of lemonade, ready to hit the road. |
It was another long day on the road. We drove all day, and checked into our hotel at 4:30. The hotel had a nice tree up, and fresh cookies and milk waiting for us. Our room was nice, though Mom & Dad were very disappointed the 2-room suite didn't have 2 rooms.
We didn't have time to get comfortable because Daddy had made plans to have Christmas Eve dinner at Grandma & Grandpa's. So, we drove about a half hour to Grandma & Grandpa's place. We were there when we were just over a year, but we don't remember it.
We got to see Grandma, Grandpa and our cousin Michael, who we haven't seen in 2 years!
Grandma & Grandpa were so happy to see us. We had supper, then Grandma took us to her office and let us order some books with her! It was fun until Mom & Dad said we had to get going. We wanted to get settled into our hotel and to sleep before Santa came. We don't want to miss him!!
When we got back, we picked out some cookies and milk for Santa (since the hotel had fresh cookies & milk) and headed to our room. We watched the Santa tracker on Daddy's computer while we got ready for bed and hung our stockings (mom brought 3M hooks to hang out stockings in the room).
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| watching the Santa Tracker online just before bed. He was in South America when we went to bed, so he was close!! |
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| Ready to go to sleep. Hoping Santa would find us 900 miles from home. |
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| Our stockings were hung by the TV with care. Of course, we made sure to include milk & cookies! |
We were excited, but it had been long day, so we fell asleep fast.
We fell asleep before Santa made it to Arkansas, because Santa came! We were so tired, we didn't even hear him while he stuffed our stockings, left gifts for us and even put up some Christmas lights to make our room more festive!
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| Look! Santa stuffed our stockings, left us gifts and hung up lights while we slept. |
Merry Christmas!
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