Wow, where has the time gone? There has been so many things happen since November when Abby put this ridiculous video on. Probably the most exciting for the Allen clan was the return of Griffin from his mission in Brazil Riberao Preto. We put together a great plan and then put it into action! He arrived home on Wednesday, December 19. Much to his surprise we had arranged to have all of the kids home for Christmas. This was extra fun because he hadn't ever seen Brylie or Jonas.
We spent the first night home and then traveled to the coast to stay for 3 days at a friend's beach house. It was so relaxing. There was a tremendous amount of wind and so the waves on the beach were awesome and huge. Brad had brought the "crabbing" equipment but we weren't too successful. We ate, played games, watched movies, ate, went for walks on the beach, and just enjoyed each other's company.
It was so enjoyable to be all together. On the 21st Paige and Matt had to leave to meet Matt's family and begin their Christmas vacation in Mexico. They had a wonderful time but we missed them tremendously. The rest of the family headed home to Grandma and Grandpas in Aloha where we continued with the Christmas festivities. Cassidy and Brad went to visit Brad's family in Wilsonville for the remainder of the vacation but we had a great Christmas dad with Shay, Chelsea, Jonas, Griffin, McKay, and Abby. It was a vacation that we hated to see end.
