To all my loyal blog readers, I am sorry it has been so long!!! We went to Colorado for christmas. It was the first time my family has been all together in almost 5 years! I wished we could have stayed longer, we had to fly home on Christmas day:( I am so glad we made the trip, but it made me REALLY homesick.

Both kids did awesome on the plane trip. Pantera made several friends as usual. There was a man who looked a little older then my dad on the plane back to Pittsburgh; you could tell he was missing his own granddaughters when he talked to her. She called him Papa, because he was a Papa. Then she told him "You're my best friend. I have 8, there's Emma, Elyse, Ben...and you!" He was touched and referred to her as "best friend" for the rest of the trip. Then she invited herself over to his house to ride his horses.

I miss my nephews so much! Andrew is reading already and has put away all childish things (ie. giving out pretend blue ribbons). Ryan LOVED Ezekiel. I have never seen him so preoccupied with anything, he just wanted to talk to Zeke and make him smile and sing him songs the whole time we were there. It was so sweet! Jordan came out of his room a couple of times to get food...he was having a rough week. I got to see my sister and Pantera got to see her "Prince RyRy." My family finally met Zeke and tomorrow he gets to meet Papa Hammond. I love holidays! Merry Christmas late everyone!!!