Christmas In Kansas

On December 21, Rick and I headed to Kansas to celebrate Christmas and the New Year with my family. It was also our second wedding anniversary. My parents were planning to take us out for dinner in Wichita, but a storm blasted Seattle and delayed our arrival by several hours. No worries though since we would be in Kansas until January 2.

Our stay was packed with the usual Christmas things, like Christmas Eve at Grandma's house opening presents. Here is a photo of me with my Uncle Mike.

We spent that night in Topeka at Grandma's and then had Christmas dinner at Uncle Jim's. The turkey and stuffing were as delicious as ever.

After the rush of the holidays, we settled into our routine in Ark City: wake up around 8 and have coffee, spend the morning reading by the fireplace, have lunch, spend the afternoon reading some more, napping, or shopping, happy hour at 5...and then the highlight - watch the deer. My dad started putting out cracked corn right near the house for the deer to eat. Almost every night five of them would arrive to eat and even frolic in the yard!

I caught the sun just before it disappeared.

We did a puzzle.

We watched OSU lose and KU win.

Rick painted the bathroom.

We visited my Aunt Wilma, and she made me my favorite chocolate meringue cookies.

We celebrated New Year's Eve with some of my old high school friends.

Mom cooked a crown roast of pork.

I love spending time with my parents.