Meridian After Christmas

Meridian after Christmas is always a good idea. ;) We loaded the Rav to the heaping brim and made our merry way to spend last weekend with my family. We had a belated "Christmas Eve" with my mom, exchanging gifts and giggling as Liam tossed aside new items of clothing for a mini kitchen mixer and set of magnatiles (thanks mom for Liam's new snow clothes ... IIII really appreciate them!). Lyla girl was spoiled with new clothes because those yummy leg rolls are only getting bigger, Nic with a new set of kitchen chairs that we desperately needed after one collapsed underneath him a couple weeks ago (thankfully he didn't get hurt!), and I got the sweetest set of rings with Liam & Lyla's names engraved on them! Oh and a Fawn Design diaper bag that I am obsessed with!!

That same evening, Liam found my brother's old Guitar Hero game in my mom's hall closet so we busted that out and set it all up for him. Blast from the past!!

Friday morning we finally got to see the Meridian Temple for the first time. Pictures don't even do it justice!!

We walked around the grounds and found this beautiful scene right after Christmas ...

In the afternoon we met this crew for some family bowling fun at Meridian Lanes! While it was madness in there trying to keep track of all of them, it's the BEST getting cousins together to play.

It was Liam's first time bowling! He loved it for the first two frames and then was over it and cared more about his sucker from grams after that.

A candy cane too!! Much sugar was consumed!

We definitely got off of the sleep training routine during this trip (paying for it a bit since we got home) but this little darling slept the entire way to and from Meridian and everywhere we went in the car. Also isn't that the cutest baby coat you've ever seen?! 

Loving spending time with Sita. Liam loves it too. In fact, as we were packing up to head home on Sunday he said to her, "Sita, I want you to come with us!" Isn't that the sweetest! Hopefully someday we'll all live in the same town.

See what I mean, leg rolls for days!! Cutest ever!

On our last day there, we made a couple returns at the Village of things that didn't fit and after putting the kids to bed, tried out my new face mask I got for Christmas from Nic! Until next time, Merville!