After having a whole week off school before Christmas break officially started, our family was having some serious cabin fever. We spent Christmas morning at home and then went to see the movie Bolt - partly as a tradition and partly to get out of the house! On the 27th we embarked on our Christmas Break family tour, beginning with Mom, Dad and Liz. Emma and Gabe managed to turn the playroom into a disaster zone in no time. That Sunday night we visited with Sara and Clint and the girls. It was so nice to hang out, eat a yummy dinner and let the cousins play with all the new toys - Gabe's favorite being the racetrack and Emma loved anything princess in the girls' room. On the 29th, we left Springfield to travel to Central Point for a visit with our Ebert cousins. Not too far down the road, just outside Cottage Grove, we got a flat tire. After unloading most of our stuff on the side of the highway, Josh put the spare tire on and then we took a little detour into Cottage Grove to get brand new tires. We could not get Gabe to sit still at Les Schwab. He ran around squeeling, "Wheel! Wheel!" It was tire heaven. Soon I took the kids on a walk in downtown Cottage Grove to pass the time. Here are some photos of that adventure: We finally got on the road and got to the Ebert's fabulous new home that evening. We were so happy to see them! We had a wonderful time with them that whole week. Emma loved playing with Ada and Claire, feeding the chickens and counting eggs, jumping on the trampoline and getting art supplies from the art store. Gabe pulled every toy car out of the playroom, loved being spoiled by his auntie and cousins, and had a fun ride with cousin Ammon on the tractor. Josh played Guitar Hero with everyone until he needed a break from it! I tried to talk Ann's ear off, tease all my nieces and nephews, relaxed, bought some "discount" calligraphy supplies and enjoyed Ann's walk-in shower! The photo set below are only the photos I took with my iPhone during our stay. Who knows if we'll get the others from our fancy camera on here anytime soon.