Pender Christmas 2009 aka Snow, Vomit, and Dr. Mario

After a 2 day delay, we made it to Nebraska for the Karlen Christmas. It was a bit longer drive due to the road conditions, but we made it in time to open gifts and spend time with the entire family. It was a great "4 hour Christmas". The kids all got along and I am so thankful for Marshall driving us all the way to Nebraska on Sunday (there were quite the drifts around Pender) only to turn around and fly out on Monday. It was so special to all be together this Christmas.



Unfortunately, after our wonderful Karlen family Christmas, the flu bug ripped through the entire family. Even though the flu put a damper on our trip, the boys and I enjoyed hanging out at Nana and Pop's for a few days. Lots of football and movie watching, napping, playing with cousins, and just enjoying our down time. We didn't venture out too much - the snow and cold were not terribly appealing. At night, Mom, Dad, and I enjoyed playing "Dr. Mario" on the old school Nintendo game. We brought the Wii and our new games, but didn't even get it out - Dr. Mario was too addictive (and Drake enjoyed Super Mario).



Our trip home was delayed a day due to me feeling under the weather and I spent New Year's with Mom and Dad for the 2nd year in a row - could this become a tradition? The drive home on the 1st was made especially long by Tanner's belly woes, but we made it.