a quick trip...

we have been trying to get down to california to see dan's family for YEARS. i am not exaggerating, we haven't been since abbey was a year old. every time we've planned a trip, something has happened (broken car, sick children, pregnant wife, work emergency) and we haven't been able to go.

while we were eating lunch on saturday, danny asked me if we should make a quick trip down to california and surprise his mom for christmas, since he had 3 days off work. of course, i said yes. sunday morning we were running through the aiport with 3 "sunday best" clad children in tow. i think that this is the best way for our family to travel. spur of the moment. nothing can come up if we don't leave any time for anything to happen. unfortunately, that's not very realistic. oh, well.

we stayed with dan's parents (and sister's family and brother's family- that's 15 people in one house!) for 2 and nearly a half days. it was an absolute blast! we ate (mom is an AMAZING cook, and sis makes the cutest pancakes i've ever seen.), had a pre-christmas, stayed up late, took family pictures, laughed, played and hugged. i wish that we could have stayed longer, we didn't have nearly enough time to do everything we wanted to, but it was SO much fun and SO good to see everyone! we're planning on getting back in april (hopefully we can stay longer) and i can't wait to see everyone again!