Well, we finally made it to visit our family for Christmas - we still have coughs that refuse to go away, but we braved the quick trip. Not quick in that it takes 20 minutes to get there, but quick in that once we got there we had 2 days to spend with family before we had to go back home. But it was well worth the trip!
We got to see lots of family, open presents, go to a cool pirate pizza place, watch movies, went to a few family dinners, and even got to play in the snow. When we were traveling home in the snow, Austin and Emma insisted that "It's Christmas!" No matter that it is a week and a half past December 25th. We live in the wrong place for my kids to think that they need to have snow on Christmas. It was a perfect ending to our 2008 Christmas (it stretched into 2009 - but who doesn't like having the holidays stretch a few extra days? :)).
So, be prepared for a few photos:
On the way up we went through Jacob's Lake and stopped so Todd could run out in 18 inches of snow to get some in a cup for Emma and (Austin was sleeping so he missed out this time).
It was could, but not too cold to throw a couple of snowballs at me in the truck.
Emma liked here snow enough to give it a hug.
And then there were presents to open.
It is good thing there are cousins that can help open the presents :).
Here are some of the cutest little pirates that we happened to ran into - there only demand was more tokens for the games.
On the way home we hit a snow storm in Flagstaff. The kids were way excited to see the snow and really wanted to play in it. That meant we could finally use the coats and hats that have been hanging in their closet for 2 months now. So, we stopped off an Aren't they cute?
Oops. I forgot to buy the mittens.
After about 2 minutes of "playing" in the 2 1/2 feet of snow, we asked Emma if she wanted to play some more, or go back to the truck. 5 guesses what she said. lol
I think they like their snow in little doses. :)
It's good to be back in good ole Casa Grande - where 50 degrees is way too cold. lol
