Christmas with the Hrodeys

We made a quick trip down to Traverse City to celebrate Christmas Day with Pete's family. Since Charlie got up so early Christmas morning, we were able to get an early start on our drive. When we got to TC, we started with a late lunch. After lunch, we did some present opening, and then headed outside for some sledding. There was also some Wii playing, but I have enough pictures of that to make an entire new post. Charlie and Drew just starting having a ton of fun together right before Mark and Kelly headed home, so that was no fun. I remember having it that way with my cousins when we were little though . . . we hated when our parents came to the basement door to tell us it was time to go home. The day after Christmas, Charlie made blueberry muffins with Grandpa. Whenever Grandpa comes to Marquette, he takes Charlie on a special trip to the bakery to get a blueberry muffin together. The ladies woke up early and tackled some after Christmas shopping, and then the boys ventured out to look at ice fishing supplies. Charlie napped that afternoon, we ate some leftovers for dinner, then we hopped in the car to head home. We were very fortunate that the roads were clear for both of our drives. It was a quick trip, but a good one!

Making muffins with Grandpa.

A new family pic.

Grandma, Grandpa, and Charlie

Dad helping Charlie look in his stocking. If you are wondering what the "R" is for, it's from the Christmas before Charlie was born. Pete's mom made him a stocking and put his initial of what we called him, Rocky, on it. Drew also has one with an "S" for Spud on it!

Opening presents with Dad.

Charlie pretty much opened all of Grandpa's presents for him.

If he loves sledding this much, he is definitely going to love skiing!

Sledding with Grandpa and Dad.

Auntie Kelly, Dad, and Charlie strike a pose.

Our one big meltdown of the day.... neither of them wanted to stand by the other one to take a picture.

I just love this picture of Pete and his mom.

Charlie is a HUGE fan of Uncle Mark. Here they are nuzzling heads.

Our attempt at a family pic...worked pretty well for the timer.

In between takes, Drew and Charlie climbed up on the toy chest to take a picture!

Goofing around with Uncle Mark....again!

Bath time! Drew was in there, but he was not having any of it... he had to bail early. Charlie had a blast splashing and kicking though! He usually takes showers, so he loves when it's bath time!

Our last attempt at a shot of the boys. Charlie, with Rocky, and Drew, with Lemon, in there matching jammies.