Christmas 2008

First and foremost let me apologize for being the biggest blog slacker ever! We just kept too busy and we were having too much fun with all of the fam, but that is not a very good excuse to abandon my dear blog. I am going to attempt to condense 3 weeks of holiday bliss into one post.

Here goes.....

Dec 18th flew into Utah and met up with Justin's Mom and Dad, brother and sister in law and niece and headed up to logan. Played lots of games, watched movies, dined at our much missed costa vida, I got my hair cut, Justin went skiing, played with 3 puppies and one normal sized dog in the snow, went to family parties, played with niece and laughed a lot!

On Dec 22nd we drove to Saratoga Springs where my brother and his wife have a house and met up with all of my family. We were together for the first time in 2 years and it was a blast. Watched lots of movies, ate good food, met sisters fiance, more family parties, played games, went shopping, watched christmas vacation in our new christmas jammies, had an amazing christmas day, went to some movies, went to Body World with some friends, got professional pics taken of the family, held nephew a LOT, fed nephew, rocked nephew, watched Nephew get blessed on the 27th of December, and said goodbye to family that night and drove back up to logan.

From the 27th to the 6th of January we played lots of poker, went out to dinner a few times, slept in, played with dogs, played with niece, got my hair colored, Justin skied some more, opened presents, watched Utah win the Sugar Bowl, went to movies Boys went bunny hunting and girls watched chick flicks, and had a great time hanging out with family.

Then on the 6th of January we flew to Las Vegas for a little get away before returning home to Minnesota. We stayed at Treasure Island which was way nice and had a great time going to dinner and playing the nickel slots. We are still not quite sure if going to 60 degree weather and then back to 1 degree weather was a good idea or not.

Then on the 8th we flew back into Minnesota and came home to a cozy, quiet little apartment that was warm and in perfect shape and a car that was not stolen, that ran great after not running in below zero temps for 3 weeks. We miss our families already but it is nice to be back to our life and our routines and our frigid Minnesota winter. Christmas was amazing and we were spoiled! 

Here are a few more details...

Movies we saw in the theater: 7 Pounds, Marley and Me, Yes Man, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Here are some things we got:

Her- LOTS of clothes, a North Face puffy coat, about 70 bucks in gift cards to bookstores(yeah!). And lots of other misc GC's to eat out, for clothes, pics etc..., A scrapbook kit, Photoshop Elements, a new font for my die cut machine, a scentsy warmer, shoes, a robe, money, some movies and my husband got me tickets to see Wicked in Chicago! And lots and lots of things like jewelry, makeup and fun little things that I love getting!

Him- a nice GPS, a blackberry, LOTs of clothes, some books, Gift cards for some Twins tickets, lots of other gift-cards for boy stuff, food, itunes etc.., cologne, a nice jacket, and lots of ski passes(yeah for him). And he got lots of other little things as well that are a lot of fun! 

We really got some great stuff this year, but better then that(well almost...) was getting to meet our niece and nephew and have 3 weeks to be with our families. I can't think of the last time we saw every member of our families during one visit. It really was a great Christmas and we are so grateful for all the nice gifts and the hospitality while we were in Utah. We love you all sooo much!

And now off to Chicago! We are seeing Wicked on the 13th and staying in Chicago for 2 nights! I could not be more excited!!!!

P.S I know the pics are weak. I am working on getting a few collages put together when we get back in a couple days! Stay tuned.....