Sunday, January 8, 2012

Christmas Break

This year, we had an extra long Christmas break.  I quit my job at Olive Garden on Dec 15, and don't start my new job at State Farm until Jan 9 (tomorrow), so we went home to Utah for an entire 3 weeks!  This made me very happy.

Even though we were there longer than normal, we were still just as busy.  All with fun things of course!  Here's a look at some of the things we did.

- Babysat these cuties for a whole weekend (our niece and nephew).




- Attended an ugly lamp party


-  Had a slumber party in the basement


- Took family pictures with Brody's family
Everyone

Brody's mom and siblings

Dylan


Devyn


- Had a wonderful Christmas Eve with Brody's family
Dylan loved the drum we got him from Mexico

- And a wonderful Christmas Day with my family
Church

Breakfast

 - Went to Salt Lake with my mom, sister, aunt and cousins for shopping and lunch


- Played 'Just Dance' with friends (that game is awesome)


- And saw my favorite little puppy, who belongs to those same friends


- Went to a yummy crepe shop with the Bundy's


- Didn't get a chance to go skiing because it didn't snow the ENTIRE time we were there :(  So instead, we raked leaves.  (In case you didn't catch that:  Skiing in the winter- No.  Raking leaves in the winter- Yes.  What the??)


- And other fun activities that are not pictured include:
Bowling
Seeing the movies 'Adventures of Tin Tin' and 'We Bought a Zoo'
Eating out lots
Staying at a cabin in Bear Lake for New Year's Eve
Playing lots of games
And just enjoying being with our dear family and friends

It was a great break and we're excited for the new year-- 2012 is going to be great, I just know it!

P.S. I start my new job tomorrow... wish me luck!

6 comments:

Vonnie said...

Good luck with your new job! it looks like you had a wonderful holiday season. Thanks for sharing.

laurie/mom/grandma said...

I love your recap. You always do a great job of hitting all the highlights. I'm so sad it's over. I'm thinking of you today as you're starting your new job. Can't wait to hear how it goes. . . I'm soooo happy you and Brody were able to come and stay so long. I loved it so much.

Lee said...

I have no idea who laurie/mom/grandma is. . . or how I happened to make a comment under her name. . . anyway- that was from me.

Lindsey said...

Great post! Love seeing the family photos and other various photos that I hadn't seen before. Will you dropbox me the one of us. 2012 WILL be a good year for you....I just know it!! Can't be harder than last year. Well, it could actually, but probably won't. :) Keep us posted on your new job.

Jessica said...

Love the pictures of your niece and nephew... and the family pictures. Darling. I can't believe you guys raked leaves in January! I'm so glad we were able to see so much of you guys while you were up. I miss you already. And good luck with your job!

Jord said...

What a fun holiday! And no snow is crazy. That sounds like more of an AZ Christmas for sure.