so the holidays have come & gone again. and...as most of you know...we finally made it back to midwest to spend them with our families. we rolled into holstein on christmas eve eve. spending some time with my hanson side. and we were able to hold donna off from the gift exchange until we got there {i know it was hard bubba ;) just kidding}. christmas morning, we visited my grandpa in the nursing home, along with my aunt, uncle & cousins from minot, nd. it was a quick but sweet visit. and then we were back on the road up to sioux falls to spend christmas day with the schweitzberger crew. we were fortunate that michael was allowed more than a couple days off, so we spent that whole week {plus new years} up in sioux falls. we had a great time with all the little cousins running around! and we were able to spend a night with our friends, kent & jill. they're such a fun couple...& their son, andrew. after the new year, we headed back to spend a week in cowtown {holstein}. this led up to the big wedding of donna & lucas {and that will be a whole other post}! loved spending all the quality time we could with everyone & can't wait until we see everyone again {when they all come & visit us in colorado} =) enjoy the holiday photos {they are in a bit of random order...bear with me}!
the drive east.
in our past 13 hr road trips...oliver has slept like 80% of the time.
but this trip was the first time he was facing forward...
and he spent the opposite asleep...guess he didn't want to miss anything!
thumbs up little man.
a little wii dance party with jill & kent.
don't worry...i dominated!
let me note that it was this night...that i ran my camera battery out. and of course...despite it keeping me up all night before the night we left for iowa...i forgot my spare battery & charger. so i have to thank christina for letting me use one of her chargers once we returned to holstein! she totally saved the day! or i would've had one mad cousin {donna} on my hands come wedding day ;)
olly & rudy.
they had a variety of fun concoctions to share =)
don't know what i love more about this shot...
kent so into guitar hero...or mike kissing the dog?!
toss up!
oliver's favorite thing to do while at my parent's was to sneak up into taylor's {my bro} room & pluck away at his guitar. and for a fourteen month old...he's not too bad!
i realized i have a ton of photos i forgot about during the holidays...so i will have some additional {photo only} blog entries to follow.
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