10. Roadtrip! Staying in Rawlins, WY due to I80 closure. Luckily, we were able to get a room at 1st Choice Hotel; however, their cinderblock walls and moldy tubs weren't really our first choice! Yikes! I just kept telling myself, "pretend your camping!"
9. Cousins! There is something special about cousin relationships. We used to go camping with our cousins and I have great memories of riding on the back of our family suburban down dirt roads and giggling until my stomach hurt. My boys are now making their own cousin relationships! Andrew had a blast hanging out with all his sousins. One afternoon Andrew and Clayton wandered down to the basement where they slipped on snowboots and wandered out into the snow together. I found them playing happily in the snow wearing only their pajamas and snowboots!
8. Christmas morning! Mike and I decided that Christmas morning is much better once you have children. It makes me giddy to see all the kiddos literally bounce into the room and see what Santa brought them.
7. Sisters! I love all my sisters and sisters-in-law! I was excited to have breakfast with the Hasler sisters. We gabbed and gabbed and I didn't want to leave. I also enjoyed a classic shopping trip with all the Christensen sisters. As a result of the Double D days (Double Discount- a Hallmark store where we got 75% off because of Ralph's employee discount), I am conditioned for crazed shopping when I'm with the Christensen gals. We had a great time!
6. Snow fun- including sledding, snowman building, igloo building, and more! Mom and Dad C. have a fantastic sledding hill on their property. First, the guys built a great track for sledding. Next came the snowoman and then Mike and others spent hours building an awesome igloo and a tunnel to go through while sledding! Mike was nominated as "father of the year" for building the coolest igloo for all the cousins.After watching a movie one night, a group of us decided to go sledding at midnight! I've recently been feeling like a boring, responsible mom and welcomed the senseless spontaneity! Camie and I had a great run down the track together and took a chunk out of the tunnel with our heads!
5. Mountains! I miss the mountains terribly and it was like coming home to drive up the mountain to get to Mom and Dad C.'s house. I beg Mike to take me back to mountains!4. Eating! The Christensens love good food and this holiday was no exception! We enjoyed lots of delicious treats (I think I single-handedly finished off the sugar cookies) and loads of hot chocolate because of Adam's Cocoa Latte machine he got for Christmas. Note: I think most of us went home and found and excuse to buy a Cocoa Latte machine!
3. Haircut! I left all our boys with Mike and got a great haircut, such a treat!!
2. New Year's Party! On New Year's Eve we let the kiddos dance to music and ring in the new year, then we put them to bed and the real party started. Matt and Camie did a great job hosting games and we ate ourselves silly. It was fun to have the Martin's come join us for the evening too.
1. Being with family! There is something so comfortable about being with family. We let our hair down and have a great time even though we're dog tired because our kids aren't sleeping and we keep staying up late to play games, talk, watch episodes of The Office, and Brian Regan on YouTube. Thanks to all our family for making our Christmas vacation so great! We love and miss you all!
5 comments:
ah, i miss it!!! i LOVED our chrismtas break!!!
You got stuck in Wyoming again?! Didn't that happen last year? Sounds and looks like you had a lot of fun. Liz, you look great! -Carly
I absolutely agree about cousin relationships. Some of my happiest childhood memories involve you and your sisters (and the J cousins, too, of course), whether we were camping or just being crazy at your house in Sandy. Good times!
Love all the pics. There is nothing better than cousins, agreed. Well siblings are pretty fun too.
We miss it already, but are glad to be back on track. Can't wait til we get to do it again.
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