Christmas

This was a Santa that we ran into on our way up to Alaska for our Christmas vacation. We are pretty sure that this was the "real" Santa and the kids agree. The week before we went on Christmas vacation Jalena was down with a 5 day FEVER and then it ended in Strep throat. Well, Jamison got the fever on the airplane and then rest of the vacation can best be summed up in a little song that we wrote. We ended up staying with my brother (Jim ) and sister-in-law (Michelle). From the moment that we got off th plane into 39 below zero temperatures, everything else went downhill. But it definitely put the 10 below days that we had the rest of the visit, into perspective:)


This is little Merok and he was not so happy to get the Portland Plague (that we didn't bring). I still claim that we were the ones that brought the strep and not the flu that we all got! The Hajduke's are the ones to blame for the Pukes!We all passed around this puke bucket and some of us hit it and some of us didn't even come close. This flu was vicious and it probably went through 30 people in the family and friends before we came home. We have never ALL been hit by a sickness and I hope we can chalk it up as the only time!
I have seen better days! This was Christmas Eve and Jake had to pull off Christmas with the help of my sister (T-Rex arms)
So the song goes something like this...
On the 12th day of Christmas, Fairbanks brought to us...
12 Loads of laundry
11 Rolls of Charmin
10 Lips are burning
9 Days a'wasted
8 Pounding Headaches
7 Scorching fevers
6 Crying Kids
5 Pukeing Pails
4 Destroyed undies
3 Swollen eyelids
2 Strep Cases
And a Migraine that made Jim puke!

It wasn't all bad though. We ended up with two days of playing and the kids had a blast snow machining and ice skating on our friend's rink. It was great to be with family and we were VERY blessed this Christmas.
I guess this is why it took so long to write about this vacation because it wasn't so fun to rehash. It's a memory though. Here's to better health in the New Year!