We got to have a long, relaxing vacation. We were going to leave for St. George on Monday the 20th but because of a coming storm we took off on Sunday. And we're glad we did! There was a stretch of road where we could barely see anything that night and it only got worse the next day. In fact, for the first couple of days we were there, there were flood warnings throughout St. George (there was a stretch of road that was closed by our house!) and there was a dam that looked like it might fail. Crazy!!!
We rented a house this time. So after waiting all day for our Odyssey to get its oil changed and recalled parts replaced, we finally went over to see it. And we were in awe. It was NICE. There were 4 bedrooms, a fireplace, granite countertops, a little putting green and on and on. Which is good because Steve got sick and we were stuck in the house for a few days. They didn't go crazy in the house like they would have in a hotel!!
We also took care of passport pictures for all of the kids, did some shopping and visited with all of Steve's family. It was so much fun! After a rather large mess of getting Christmas gifts (long, funny story that I can't share on here but if you ask, I'll tell you later) we had a fantastic Christmas. We borrowed a small tree from Steve's parents' neighbor and had our own little Christmas. I even made egg nog milkshakes. YUMMY!!
Christmas afternoon we took off and headed home. It was hard to leave because the kids were having so much fun with cousins they don't get to see very often but we needed to make the next leg of our trip. We got back around 10:30 that night and because the kids had slept in the car, we opened the gifts that couldn't fit in the car.
The next morning we went to church and then headed on to Idaho. The roads were not so pretty but we made it and were happy to be there. We opened the gifts from Grandpa and Grandma and cousins. The kids loved it! My brother's family also opened the gifts from us.
We enjoyed our time in Idaho. We played with cousins, enjoyed time with Grandma and Grandpa and just had quiet time. We visited both of my grandmas which was a lot of fun too. I woke up with a cold one day and I was very grateful to have time to just lay down.
New Year's Eve was great! The kids played Twister which was fun to watch. Grandpa spun the wheel and Grandma took pictures. Then we all sat in the hot tub. Around midnight we pulled out the fryer my dad got my mom and we enjoyed mozzarella sticks, french fries, and cheesecake. YUMMY!!! For Christmas we all got a industrial french fry cutter and we tried it out. It is AWESOME. My sister came over after her kids were asleep and we enjoyed talking until 3:30 in the morning.
Then it was time to go home. We got home and shoveled our way out so we could actually make it into the house. Now to see what 2011 brings us!!
1 comments:
A lot of those presents look familiar! And how FUN that your sister got to go chat with you after her kids were asleep. =o) I'm guessing the cheesecake was pretty yummy.
It was fun to see pictures of your Christmas house after hearing about it. That seemed to work out great. Merry Christmas! =o)
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