Our first stop was Walkersville to spend a few precious days with my Mom and Dad on the farm. We took several nice walks and just spent quality time together.
On Christmas Eve, we drove to Greensboro, North Carolina to join Jonathan's family for Christmas. Christmas morning brought fun surprises for everyone, but the best gift was watching Benji have fun with our family! The whole Newman clan came the next day for a meal and gift exchange. It was cool to have the "four Harolds" together for a picture!
Next, we spent about 24 hours in Winston-Salem and packed in a lot of good time with the Trollinger family, at Hope Church, with Larry and Susan Jones, and Genavee and her family. We really appreciated all of their hospitality and loved getting to see everyone!
From Winston we drove to the mountains, where the Newmans spend New Years with the Miller family. The NewMillerman get together is always a big hit, and this time was no exception! Highlights included board games, dinner at Makato's Japanese Steakhouse, a visit from Genavee, a beautiful snowfall, and (of course) ringing in 2015!
On our way back north we stopped at the Cracker Barrel near Elkin, NC to have brunch with Tim. I wish I had pictures from this event, but our time was so short I forgot to take any! We really appreciated Tim driving over an hour to spend this time with us; it was great to catch up.
Back in Maryland, we were joined by Emily, Wade, Caroline and Andrew for the last two days of our vacation. We also got to see my grandparents, aunt and uncle, and Kelly and Jeff Money while we were there. Benji had a great time with his cousins! It was so hard to say goodbye to everyone, but with school starting on Monday, we had to head home.
It was a wonderful Christmas; we want to thank all of you who made it so special for us!
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| Benji's favorite part of Christmas dinner was sucking on a dill pickle! :-) |
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