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Christmas in California 2016

This Christmas we traveled to Aaron's home in California. Both his siblings and their families (in Alaska and Colorado) made the decision a few years ago that we would all get together this Christmas so we could spend it with everyone. It was so fun and I hope we make an effort to get everyone together in a few more years to do it again.

We left on Christmas Eve morning and had a surprisingly smooth trip. I wasn't too sure how the boys would do on the plane, it was an 8am flight and we'd been out of the house (awake) since 3:30am, but luckily they both slept for about half of the 5 hours. Things got a little stir crazy at the end, but I think that is to be expected. We rented a car easily and made the 3 hour drive up to his parents house, which again, went surprisingly well.


Canon and Hellen participated in the Christmas Eve service at Aaron's parent's church, as a Shepard and Angel. It was a cute kids service that didn't last too long. It was like 10pm east coast time when the service started and I was just impressed my kids weren't falling apart! Ben slept a little during. 



We put the kids to sleep as soon as we got home and exchanged presents between adults. That is when we gave Aaron's parents the "little guy" onesie. Then it was off to bed!
Canon, of course, woke up at about 4:30 west coast time. Aaron took him upstairs and poor kid had to wait 4 hours before everyone else was awake to open presents. He was so patient though and I was pretty proud of him.


The rest of the extended Schultz family came over for a nice lunch into dinner. We mainly chatted and played with toys. We were very fortunate to get a big group and family picture with Aaron's grandparents, too!


The 26th - 28th were spent mostly with our immediate family. More games and toys, eating out, bowling and just being silly at the house!








Of course we had to get a comparison shot of these two. Ben is exactly 6 months older than his cousin Ezekial. The top picture was this past summer when Aaron took Ben out with him. Zeke loved having these boys around to play with!

Then it was a midnight flight back, connecting in Chicago, and landing in Baltimore on Thursday morning. We had such a wonderful time and the boys were SO spoiled by Aaron's family. It was a great Christmas!


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