This post is a bit later than I'd hoped and slightly out of order but I couldn't NOT post about our Christmas Trip!

This photo is one of my favorites even though it's missing a few very important people!!

Highlights of the trip-In Chronological order:

Left Boise Friday night 12/19; Bad roads and snow driving down; We nearly hit a good sized deer (on the not great roads!); stopped in a really cruddy motel ;got to California Saturday night; Spent time with Family; Sunday shopped for Christmas gifts and got everything at 1 store...for not much $$ (and managed that without going to Wal*Mart!); Spent time with my Mom, Dad, Sisters, Nephew and Grandparents; Played Guitar hero with Lance, my sister Mollie, her Boyfriend Scott and my sister Mysha and her husband Matt; Mollie came up with the idea that the three sisters should wear matching dresses for Christmas; We went shopping for the dresses, found them at Forever 21 for $13.80 ; went running with Mollie; Wrapped gifts; played Guitar Hero; ate In & Out; ate a lot of food; Did Christmas We had gifts for 9 Adults and 3 kids, We all had a blast but missed my little brother Charlie!; Ate Christmas dinner; played Guitar hero; spent time with family-watched my little nephew and the girls bond ;packed up to go home; Went to lunch with my Family at In & Out and said "See you soon"; Started the long drive home; Got stuck in Horrible traffic, 2 1/2 hours to go 25 miles to turn around and try an alternate route; Had good weather and roads on the remainder of the trip; Came home to a wet bunch of mail on our doorstep along with a police officer's card (our mail was stolen); Settled back in at home; and started thinking BIRTHDAYS!

Hope you had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

We had the pleasure of having my Brother-in-law Joel and his lovely wife Natalie come to visit us from Dec 13th till this afternoon. We had a really fun time just hanging out together. We didn't have any schedule to follow, just enjoyed each others company and went with the flow. The boys installed a new cabinet in the kitchen, that was badly needed for storage!) that will serve as a my new pantry! I'll let Lance post the pic and write more about that project

We had some great meals together, watched some movies, talked and even made it to the MAF Christmas Chapel and took a short tour of the new building. We drove them to the airport just a few hours ago and it seemed like our time together went way too fast! I can't believe that 2008 is coming to a close at warp speed...this whole year seemed to literally fly by...