Merry Christmas!

Well we're back from vacation! It's so hard getting back in the swing of things! This year we were able to go up to Montana for Christmas and Idaho for New Year's. We had a blast at both! We'll start off with Christmas first: The was taken in my parents back yard.
The back porch. It snowed every day while we were there. It was so pretty!

This is across the street from my parents at Swan River.

Well, we flew up on the 19th and got back on the 26th. A nice long break from work...we won't complain. :) The whole family, minus Baden and Sid came up for Christmas (Baden lives in Alaska and Sid is on a mission)....and we missed them so much! Some of the things we did while up there was lots of sledding (including tubing behind the 4-wheeler), made gingerbread houses, played with the nephews, jammed on the guitar (atleast tried), celebrated birthdays, played night games, board games, and opened presents. One unfortunate thing that happened to everyone but Jamie, is that we all got the flu! I ended up getting it while shopping on Amy's birthday. I had the pleasures of throwing up in the nastiest bathroom at the mall, twice. The family had the pleasures of witnessing me throw up in the car. Sorry guys :( I can't believe Jamie was the only one that didn't get it! He must have worked up a good immune system working in the emergency room for so long, who knows! But, barfing or no barfing, we still had a blast together. I think one of my favorite things we did was play "murder in the dark." It sounds freaky...but it's a blast! We played it for a couple hours almost every night! Other fun games we played were: signs, what if, the name game, and the animal sound game. It was so fun laughing and having fun together. We always have a fun time when we hang out with family! I hope it's not a whole year until we see them all again...***fingers crossed***

We uploaded some pictures for y'all to enjoy!
Christmas Eve dinner.

At the river across the road from my parents.

The barf face....we all took our turns.

Amy and I.

Perdy and me.

Uncle Jamie and the boys getting pulled behind the 4-wheeler.

Dad sneaking in the picture :)

Look how thick the ice was!

Trenton buried in the snow.

Uncle Derik, Trenton and Preston with their gingerbread houses.

Jamie and R.J's creation.

Dad and I's igloo.

Believe it or not...this is a mild "cheese" face. LOL Isn't he cute?!?!

He's actually a very happy baby! This was too cute to pass up though. We were so excited to capture "the look."

Preston putting a gum ball down his machine given by Sid for Christmas.

Murder in the dark...

Reinacting the manger scene.

Dad showing me his bow and the arrows that he makes in his hobby shop.

Me, sis, and the boys saying good bye. Til next time!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too!!!!