Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Christmas 2010

We decided to spend our Christmas in Utah again this year! Bryans parents bought him a ticket to ensure that he would be able to leave and come back when he needed to for school. That meant that i was left flying stand bye with the girls on my own again. I've done it so many times now, i feel like I'm beginning to be a pro. Luckily we made our flights ok, the girls were "pretty good" and Bryan was able to fly out 2 days after us.
When so many of our family on both sides live within an hour of each other, it makes for a lot of driving around, visiting relatives and a little bit of tug-a-war. Thankfully this year Bryan and i were able to compromise and come to an agreement of where were were staying and how we were going to spend our Christmas. We spent Christmas morning with Bryans parents and his Brothers family. Unfortunately i am horrible at taking pictures and didn't do very well with my picture taking that morning. Bryan got me something that might help me out with my bad picture taking.....a Cannon Rebel Camera! I am so intimidated just looking at it that it took me a couple weeks to finally sit down and figure out how to use it. Now that i think I've figured out the basics, I'm pretty excited to start using it!
Bryans parents got all of the grand kids these little sleds that look like little snowmobiles. Bryan, his Dad and brother took the kids out sledding to try them out. They had a blast!



Christmas evening was spent at my sister Lisa's house with my family. We had a Delicious dinner and played a fun little gift exchange game. Bry and i walked away with a gift card and the most comfy, fuzzy snuggy I've ever seen :)
Love my sisters! I wish i would've gotten a picture of all the girls :( Sorry Mom, Aunt Carma, and the little ones)

I love you too boys!
Every time we are in Utah we get to hang out with our wonderful friends, the Offrets. Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures with them but we got one of Ashley and their 2 adorable kids Everett and Scarlet.
We were able to go bowling 3 times while in Utah! Kaitlyn is a pro now!



While we were at the nail salon waiting for Grandma Cindy to get her nails, the nice lady said she would paint the girls nails while we waited. They even got to pick the color they wanted. Soo cute!



It was actually really hard to come back to Ohio. I don't miss living out out of a suitcase and having to rely on others for things like transportation, but i miss having lunch dates several times a week, playing with my family and friends and having babysitters. Our last week there i got the WORST cold of my life. It really put a damper on...well, everything. The stupid cold followed me home and is still in full force. Hence my laziness in taking my sweet time to blog about our trip. But here it is.
We hope everyone had a great Christmas!

7 comments:

Lisa said...

I don't think we hung out at all that last week. We are still fighting the colds here too. It was fun though. Now you get to come back for babies babies and oh yeah Tara's sealing.

Lisa said...

By the way this would be Christmas 2010. Don't get ahead of yourself.

ASRussell said...

I am soooo sad that we missed you guys while you were here! We went to Idaho for Christmas!
you will LOVE your rebel! If you need any help feel free to call me. That is what i use as well and I really like it!!! Hope you start feeling better soon!

Shonna said...

Looks like a fun Christmas! Love the manicure pictures; so cute!

Erin said...

So fun! Your girls are so dang cute!

Lanae said...

Such cute little girls! Oh, Becky - one of these days when you're in town we really, really need to get together. I know my boys would just fall in love with those cute girls. Let's plan something the next time you're in town. Hugs, Lanae

Amy said...

too cute!! miss you!!!


Kaitlyn at the Beach at Bear Lake

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