Christmas in Virginia

We've had a crazy fun Christmas in Virginia. And after 11 days, we'll finally be heading home tomorrow! Lord willing, it won't take us 20 hours to drive home. We're preparing for the worst though! We never in a million years imagined that we'd be snowed in for the remainder of our visit! Christmas was full of wonderful memories as always, and this time with family has been so special. Eli had a great Christmas, and we just get so much joy watching our family members with him. He just loves all of the extra love and attention.

He's really starting to get the hang of present opening.

Christmas brunch at my Grandparent's house is always AMAZING. She really knows how to pack the holiday pounds on all of us!

All of the 'kids' on Christmas morning, and the first picture with my NEW camera! My husband simply blew my socks off this Christmas. We had recently been talking about how we would love to upgrade our camera to a DSLR, and we'd try to save over the next year or so for one. He waited until all of the presents had been opened, made me sit down, and handed me a huge Nikon camera bag. I started crying before I could even get the bag open. We don't usually buy presents for each other, so I was completely shocked. Many brownie points, and a lifetime of beautiful photographs!

The next day we woke up to the biggest snow storm any of us 'kids' had ever seen. Blizzard like conditions and 14inches of snow made for some great photo opportunities for me and my new toy! Eli loved the snow, but didn't care for all of the 'gear' that he had to wear to go out in it. He doesn't own a real winter coat or snow boots, so we had to compromise for his short trip outside.

He was mesmerized by all of the snow. He spent lots of time just watching the snow fall out the front door at my grandparent's house

Snowball fights!

We literally played in the snow all day.

Simply beautiful!

My husband kept us laughing ALL day. He couldn't get enough of the snow. He borrowed some extra small ski bibs from my cousin, a girl's snow hat, a pair of mittens, and he was good to go for the day. I've never seen him get so excited about something before!

My sweet boys made this Christmas the best one yet. We're very ready to be back in our own home again, but we're thankful for the fun and relaxation we've had over the past week.