Christmas in Worthington 2019

We headed to celebrate Christmas in Worthington by leaving town early on Friday the 20th! This was our first trip with Ruby Pearl. It was kind of like bringing along an infant with all of the dog things we needed to bring!! We were thankful to have good travel weather and good weather while we were in town.

Friday night, we ate in at mom's and Ella and Chase had a sleepover! 

I have no pictures to evidence this fun night!! 

Saturday, Lexi joined us for breakfast while Kaila had some hair appointments. 

She wanted me to braid her hair and then take a picture of it. LOL! Kids are funny

These pictures were a few hours after the braids were put in...so hopefully that will explain why these don't look the best. She loved them though!!

Papa Gary came to get the kids on Saturday morning for a day a fun with him. Jay and I had lunch out with my mom and then we just hung out and made some Christmas treats. We celebrated with my dad on Saturday night. It was night of interesting conversations at dinner (hot dishes and pickles)! Kaila and Lexi missed most of it because Lexi was in the bathroom. (oh boy!) But, we all had a good laugh and enjoyed hanging out. We gifted my dad an iPad this year so it will be fun to "see" him more often with Facetime!

Sunday started with a church service to see Chase acolyte. There were Christmas carols to sing at the beginning of service, which was my favorite part!

Later, we went out to a family lunch and then everyone came to mom's and we celebrated our next Christmas! The kids were having such a fun time getting to hang out so much!

The stockings!

The tree!

It was a fun day!

On Monday, everyone had to work (boo!) but Kaila dropped Lexi off to hang out with us for the day. Kaila and my mom were twinsies for the day - HA!!

I planned for Lexi and Ella to help me bake cookies for Santa, but mostly I did it. The annual peanut butter reindeer Santa cookies were checked off the baking list!

Monday night was the Vikings vs. Packers football game!!

We had big plans for nachos and watching the game. 

But, Ella wasn't feeling great.

So, she went to bed before the game barely started and 

I don't have any pictures of us in our Vikings gear!

We lost anyway.

Boo.

Overall, Ruby Pearl's first trip to Worthington was pretty good. 

Thank goodness we had good weather because we (mostly Jay) had to take her for walks to do her business. She didn't always go, so it made for a LOT of walks. 

At the house, her favorite spot was on this rug between the kitchen and living room. 

As you can see, she made herself comfortable!

2019 Worthington Christmases are in the books!