It was a pretty crazy January, to say the least. We ALL got really sick with bad colds that lasted just about the whole month (I still have coughing fits a few times a day, and I'm still recovering from a painful sinus infection, but MUCH, MUCH better than all of January!)
So, I'm playing "catch up" and writing about Christmas!
This year, it was our turn to visit Bryant's family out in California, and we extended our trip for 2 weeks! It was very much needed. We had had a very stressful few weeks, and a vacation to sit by the wood burning stove, watch Christmas movies and eat ourselves into cookie-induced stupors was just what we needed.
The weather was beautiful so the kids enjoyed playing outside a lot.
And we went up to Oregon a couple of times where the weather was amazing! And everything was green!
The kids got bath robes instead of Christmas PJ's this year. They both love to wear theirs at night before bed.
Bryant asked specifically for a nerf gun, so I got him this rifle looking one. His parents got everyone those tiny ones. Surprisingly, those little ones have a TON of power, and the rifle shoots about 2 feet... There was quite the Christmas morning nerf gun battle that happened.
She's never really been into Barbies, until Santa got her 2 princess barbies. Now we play barbies alllllll the time.
We went out for a Christmas morning walk after opening presents, but the weather got kind of cold and windy, so we had to turn back after only a block.
The day after Christmas, Savannah and Deagan's cousins came up to visit! Savannah thinks Jayden is her sister, and I had to laugh when I caught them wispering behind a wall of pillows on the couch. They were sharing the pez candies Savannah had gotten and they didn't want their mom's to find out!
Since there was no snow on the ground, we had to drive up the mountain to find some! The kids had a lot of fun, but we were all freezing (I don't know why I thought it was a good idea to wear leggings instead of jeans in the snow...)
We had a few opportunities to leave the kids with grandma and grandpa and spend some time together, which is something that is becoming very rare. And we got to take Savannah out for pizza and games while Deagan napped at the house. I think it's important that they both get some one-on-one time with Mom and Dad.
As always, Mt. Shasta was beautiful. The kids really loved Christmas and getting to open presents, and they got to spend a lot of time with their grandma and grandpa Stokes, and they got to see their cousins.
New Years was really low key. We played cards and dominoes, and I told Savannah she could stay up until midnight if she wanted too. At about 11:00, she walked herself into our room, crawled into bed and plugged her headphones into the ipad to watch a movie, and fell asleep about 5 minutes later.
I already miss Mt. Shasta, like I always do, but we are heading to Disneyland with my family in a few weeks, and I always love having another trip to look forward too!
