We decided, on a wild hair in July 2009, about heading to WI to see family for Christmas.
Peeked online & kept finding only an airline I had never heard of, AirTran, with non stop flights to WI. WOW low & behold I found several DIRECT FLIGHT for $187 p/p with AirTran!!
So we called the family, asked them, told them what we found for airfare, which we received a "hell ya buy the tickets!"
December arrives ((minus the crazy snow we had last Christmas 2008) and off we go for our adventure in the tundra of Milwuakee & vicinity. It was cold, yuppers. There was a ton of snow, yuppers. Yet it wasn't as frozen cold as we expected, amen!
TT loved the snow. Momma here loved the snow. Papa loved it for about 2 days, then he was done with it.
It snowed almost everyday, sometimes all day. Exception was Christmas day with RAIN!!!! Come on, I can get that crap at home for FREE! Then Christmas evening the temp dropped again to something like 11 degrees after it had been ((what they call a warm 31??!!??!!)) and started snowing all over again much to MY happiness.
One evening before Christmas, after cousin Diri came home from the hot & sexy salon, she and I grabbed shovels and shoveled snow off the driveway. First time ever for me. We had a great time. Even got into a snowball fight.
She & I did some "shop til midnight" one Saturday. HA if you can call 15 min at Wal-Mart before they closed at 10. Then scooted over to MARSHALLS ((love her Marshall store!!)) for 1 hour and closed that down at 11pm. Then drove over to Kohls ((never been to one)) and closed that one down at midnight. Did we get much? Yes & No. We had alot of laughs though. I think her three shots of Crown & my rum & coke before going out made the night totally hilarious.
Where was Thomas? Home, passed out in bed with TT. He is not a night person.
Where was Chuck? Home, watching tv, totally encouraging us girls to GO OUT.
Next time, Jenni you must come with us. Its just that Jenni wasn't back from visiting her family somewhere north in the frozen WI tundra with Ben.
Christmas day TT allowed us all to sleep in til 7am... SHOCK! And Ben was the second one up. I was up, making the coffee... that house NEEDS CAFFEINE to function. Totally like our house for sure. Then everyone took turnes opening & "ooowww" and "aaaww' over their treasures. I think TT simply enjoyed the opening part more than the tresure part with exception of his Thomas the train blanket he received from Jenni & Ben ((THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH AGAIN)). Its on his bed right now as his coverlet.
After all gifts were opened, then started the marshmellow war as everyone received marshmellow guns! TT was one of the big kids for sure.
Then the family arrived about 2pm for dinner, drinks and more gift openings.
TT loved seeing his granpa Jim & grandma Kay, Auntie Karlene and had cousins Daphne (almost 4) & Brianne (20 mos) to play with. TT wasin heaven til everyone left & he passed out.
We relaxed the days after christmas, enjoyed playing in the snow, going for walks, looked at a few homes for sale in their neighborhood, went sleding, and Diri & I saw NEW MOON at the 9:30pm showing. When we got out of the movie is was like 9 degrees. The snow looked like diamonds ((made me think of Edward!!))
I loved it there. Hated to leave. Didn't want to leave. None of us did really.
The flight home was a late nighter, where I beleive I slept the entire 3 1/2 hours with a passed out child curled up on my lap.
My sis Rish was awaiting us to bring us home.
WOW could NOT believe time went that fast.
I want to rewind & do over.
Merry Christmas everyone~
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