Due to the weather, we were not able to get up north to visit with the Grandparents, so we decided to go up New Year's Day....what an adventure!
We picked up my car from the body shop New Year's Eve (long story...) and planned on taking it for our travels, as usual. Well, that didn't happen. We got to Kokomo, In. (North of Indy on the way to Elkhart) and the Explorer started lunging and jerking and Kevin and I were thinking we weren't even going to make it home, let alone make it to all the family up North. So we made a quick decision to take the truck back to Indy and drop it off at the service shop (Thanks for all your help and suggestions Dad!) and take Kevin's car for our weekend travels.
So eventually we made it to Elkhart, several hours after initially planned. It was nice to visit with my parents and my GP (Grandpa Martin) and Aunt came over to see the kids too. Here are some cute shots of everyone....
Late New Year's Day we made it to Peggy's house (Hobart, IN). Kevin and I were exhausted, but the kids were wired and stayed up LATE! The next morning we had breakfast and visited. 
After nap time we made our way to Lin and Ideen's house (Valpo)....
We had planned on meeting Barb (and Earl too), but were surprised to be able to see Jenny a bit too! Unfortunately, Jenny had to eat and run back to work (We didn't even remember to get pictures of her and the kids), but it was nice to visit and catch up. After eating, the rest of us talked for awhile and let the kids work out some energy before the drive home. Hopefully the kids didn't tire Barb out too much, the kids were all over her!
All the running around and playing must have worked (Thanks Barb), or maybe it was just all the traveling in general, but the kids slept the whole way home.
We want to thank everyone who traveled to meet us on our "rounds" to all the Grandparents' homes. Hopefully we will make it around to see everyone soon!
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