Christmas Activities

We had so much fun at home for Christmas. We stayed at my Mom and step-dad's house and got to hang out with all the family.

This is my niece, Mattea, she is the cutest little thing. Her hair is hillarious and so I would do it every morning when she would come over.

Rylee loves her Pappa. One night it was really quiet and so I went in search of her and found her curled up next to him asleep. It was so cute.

My sister, her boyfriend, my soon to be sister-in-law, Blake, and I went downhill skiing. It was really cold and got foggy near the end but we loved it. It brought back a lot of memories. I started skiing when I was 3 and we would spend almost evey weekend up there when I was little.

This is my dad with the kids. It was nice to be able to hang out with him and my step mom at their new house.

This is my Grandma. She is the sweetest lady and she just loves babies.

We also went sledding at the golf course with some of my cousins. We laughed a ton that day.

Here is Blake, Rylee, John, and my mom watching from the top of the hill.

We also got to spend a lot of time with my dad's side of the family. All of my grandparents' kids, grandkids, and great grandkids were home for the first time in years.

On Christmas Eve we had my brother, his fiance, and kids over for an appetizer night. We tried some new recipes and they were really good.

My kids loved it when Uncle Mark was around.

Christmas Vacation Part 1

For our Christmas vacation this year we went home to Canada!! This was the first time we had been to my families so it was a lot of firsts for Blake.

So we packed our 8 suitcases, 5 carryons, 3 children, 2 adults, and stroller in here,

And we drove,

to Vegas! We got to walk some of the strip which was really cool. Blake had never been to Vegas before and it had been 20 years since I had been.

This was inside the Belagio hotel.

We stayed at the Tuscany Suites and Casino. It was really cheap, really big rooms, and near the strip. If you ever stay in Vegas I would reccomend staying here.

The next morning we got onto this plane and went to see our family.

Eli meets Santa