A request was made for more Christmas Pictures to be posted so here are a few good ones. We loved being able to go home and see family for the holidays, we sure appreciate Grandma and Grandpa Oliver and their gift to us so we could travel home! The flight to Utah did not go so well. We planned our flight for Addie's bedtime thinking she would sleep but that plan did not work at all. She screamed almost the whole time on both flights, and she wouldn't nurse so her ears wouldn't pop, so I think that just made her even more upset, she finally did settle down the last half hour of the first flight, but then it started all over again on the second.
We spent the first couple of days at Mike and Emily's new home in West Jordan and visited with their family and Marc and Molly's family before going down to Ephraim. We got to go see Grandma Nancy's first grade class perform in their Christmas Program which was wonderful along with our Nephew Dane's first grade class as well! We also got to tend our nephew Tristan that night so his parents could go out for B.J's birthday.
We went sledding with the Christiansen side of the family, well got pulled behind the four wheeler on a sled, but that counts right? Addie fell asleep in Grandma Christiansen's lap while they were riding behind Grandpa "C" on the sled. I guess it just wore her out. The Oliver side had an awesome carnival and lunch for the family and kiddos. Mitch and I were in charge of the fish pond which was a lot of fun!I got to tease the kids a little bit by pulling on the string to make them work for the prize, or not sending one over at all. When Uncle Mike came to fish he got my shoe instead of a prize, but I guess he didn't want that cause he threw it back. Addie had a great time going around to all the stations and eating all the chocolate prizes that people had, that little moocher!There was also some good news from the Seely's, they are going to have another baby! ( and we just found out Matt and Christy are expecting too, so there will be a few more cousins coming around August time!)
Christmas day was lots of fun, to see the kids open presents, Addie who could have potentially been spoiled to death got just the right amount of fun things and just the right amount of things she needed which is always good! My parents surprised me by getting me a clarinet which I've been practicing and I'm a little glad at how easily it has returned to me.
We got to go out to dinner with both families, we went to Los Amigos with the Oliver side and we had such a big group and the place was packed so we waited a long time for our food, but it was good when it came. We went to Chinese with the Christiansen's side after we got to go to a session at the Manti temple. I was not feeling so well and I was coughing and sneezing the whole time, but it was worth it to go with my parents and brother and sister in law.
Mitch and I wanted to go to the Salt Lake temple too but I was feeling so crummy after waking up at Marc and Molly's house with pink eye that we decided I was probably too contagious to go. ( we've never been to the Salt Lake temple yet, and every time we plan a trip to go when we are in Utah, something always comes up.)
Well after much love from the family and a pack of throat lozenges generously donated by my sister in law Emily we were on our way home and luckily this trip was a lot better. Addie slept the whole time on both flights and although we thought we were going to miss our second flight it was a little late boarding so we got on in time which was great because some of the people on our flight were not so lucky.