Seeing family around Christmas, part 1

We decided to make a few strategically placed visits to the northland this holiday season with a COVID test in between them. The first trip was Bemidji to see R's side of the family, which included our newest nephew, Salvador. It was great to finally meet him!

The kids had so much fun with their cousins:

More gifts were opened:

We spent the night at Mike's house where the hot chocolate poured freely:

I'm not happy with the lighting in this photo, but we wanted to get this crew in front of Mike and Sofia's new fireplace:

(Now we switch to a couple of iPhone photos.)

The fireplace has a pretty cool secret passage behind it:

The next day we got some fresh air and exercise before getting back into the car:

Surf's up: