Christmas in Effingham?

Which is a town in Illinois, I promise! 

As it turns out, Effingham is pretty nearly halfway between where we live and where our son's family is stationed, so we made a plan to meet up after First Christmas on Dec 25th 

for a second celebration! 

A hotel stay with some rooms adjoining meant that the cousins could play, 

and we could all exchange gifts (the sweaters!)...

and just hang out together for a couple days, which was way fun! We made stops at a trampoline park, 

Andi, Aaron, Aiden and Allen, and
some random girl in purple...

we played in the pool, 

some of us napped, 

and some of us poked the [Pop Pop] bear while others took pictures!

There was eating (and waiting for food),

and playing (and knitting) and loafing, 

and fun, and a couples of cousins got to know each other a bit better even. 

All in all, a great couple of days with 10 of our favorite people!

Note: hotel employees thought we had so much fun, they even tried to get [their thumb] into the pictures! (Still a great pic, though we cropped out Diane's thumb!)

Today, we are on our way home, and the Christmas vibes are still pretty strong! (But we miss the rest of us...)

I hope you are also still having fun! What was your favorite gift this season (if you have/received gifts, that is)? Whatever it is, I hope it hasn't broken yet! 

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!