Christmas Vacation

It is sad to say, but our Christmas break is pretty much up. Jeffrey started practice today, but the break was well worth it. We started out at a tournament in Douglas. J rode the bus and I drove up behind him after school. Our teams went 4 and 2. Craig and Lennie came up and watched the last few games. We took off Saturday night to head to Alliance. We got there late only to get up early and take off to Norfolk. The plan was to stop in Hartington at my aunt and uncles right away, but weather prohibited us from doing that. They live in the country and the wind and snow had blocked the way to get into their houses. We kept trucking and got to Norfolk to visit my Grandma. We took her out to eat and went shopping that evening. The next morning we opened presents with her and then headed to Lincoln. In Lincoln, we got to see a bunch of my cousins. It was fun because there were a bunch that Jeffrey hadn't met yet. From there we went into Omaha and visited another aunt and uncles house where another bunch of my cousins dropped by to visit. This whole trip was really exciting because it had been 10 or so years since I had seen a lot of them. Thank you so much to my aunt and uncles for opening up their homes to us and coming to see us, and thanks to my cousins for coming out in the cold and bad roads to have a visit.
We left Omaha about 9pm. It made for a very late trip home. We got back to Alliance about 4 in the morning and my dad had to be at work at 6!! Needless to say, he was ready for a nap when he got off work.
We went to Torrington Christmas day and got to visit Jeffrey's Aunt Lois and Aunt Lucille. It was a really nice time and enjoyable to see them. Then we went onto Lingle and met up with Criag, Lennie, Josh, Kara, Brecken, Joel, Annie, Karlee, Trevor, and Hailey. As always, it was great to see them all and we had an enjoyable time. We then took off to Cheyenne to do some after Christmas shopping and have Christmas over at Brady and Stacey's with Parker, Beverly, David, and Kevin. It seems that visits with everyone seem too infrequent. We don't have many pictures, but will post some when we get them uploaded!